The Kardashev Scale and the Power of Galactic Civilizations ... control energy at the scale of an entire planet, while a Type ...

Any type of civilization on the Kardashev Scale would be more than capable of colonizing the universe. But we haven't detected any of these civilizations — and that's the heart of the Fermi Paradox.

As Musk explains, "You're Kardashev level 1 if you harness the power of a planet, 2 if you harness ... at about 0.73 on this ...

The idea is that before a civilization can make it very far along the Kardashev scale of intelligence ... but we can't wrap our puny Type-I minds around what they are If you've seen Interstellar ...