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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

In 1960 physicist Freeman Dyson suggested that in the hunt for alien life, we should search for evidence of massive engineering projects that encapsulate stars with solar arrays to harness their energy. Could we humans ever make one ourselves? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

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  SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout

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  The Cancer Episode

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  Short Stuff: Leisure Suits

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  How Boredom Works

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  Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees