Fauna Plays Outer Wilds: Episode 7 【Binary】

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welcome back to my let's play of outer Wilds hello hello I had some thoughts we're on Fresh session again I had some thoughts I thought about some theories I wrote some stuff down in a notebook because I wanted to organize my thoughts a bit although I still feel like I'm very far away from actually learning anything I wanted to write my the series down so I could share them with you where do I even start I swear sometimes the Gasping is louder does it always fire in the same direction either I swear sometimes it fires in a different direction I don't even know but anyway I had some thoughts my first thought was about quantum mechanics quantum mechanics keeps being referenced and I was thinking about what I think the most relevant aspects of quantum mechanics will be and for me I believe wait actually do I want to go to the museum I think I do I want to talk about my theories and go to the museum so quantum mechanics the two features of quantum mechanics that I think will be most relevant here are one the S I'm just looking down at the notes I took one the observer effect which is basically the phenomenon that behavior can change after being observed or the simple Act of observation can change Behavior so we see this with the quantum rocks of course also the wandering Moon the quantum Moon it seems to move when it's not being observed or rather when it is observed that's when it moves and of course we see it in the museum is this even the way to the museum maybe are we getting music music yes wait the launch Tower wait am I going the wrong way have I gone backwards the music distracted me I wanted to go to the museum this isn't the museum right wait this must be the museum right here yes this is the Museum of course I was right there so the observer effect wait hornfels were you always here not even a little close wait this this is new isn't it I'm not even a little closer to understanding what's going on with the Statue is there something you needed I found feldspar you found feldspar and there're in dark Bramble stars above this is wonderful news thank you thank you for oh my gosh I never checked in with people back on on Hearth what is it this plan called I should know that felspar didn't immediately join you on your ship and return here is incredibly felb of them we were never entirely sure what felspar was thinking back then either still we have to fish them out of that Dreadful place with all haste I'll radio gson to have them prepare a ship it really should be gson who brings f our home again thank you you can hardly imagine how profoundly halfing am to hear they're alive and unharmed okay got to see this the statue's Eyes Are Open not sure why they open no one actually saw it h i saw it happen I guess not in this lifetime this is huge news should someone tell Gabriel or maybe rebeck oh Stars this is so exciting it's making my stomach hurt okay back to my theories first Theory observer effect case in point this rock you see when it is observed it changes now this is related to the other aspect of quantum mechanics that I think will be relevant which is quantum superpositions the idea that electrons or other things ouch can be in two places at once in a Quantum super position they can have two waveforms or more I guess um and then the act of observation will collapse the wave function causing it to be in just one place you can see this with like the double slit experiment with the photons or electrons where they will pass through both slits when they are not observed but when they are observed they will only pass through one so when they are observed the wave function collapses and they can only be in one place at a time but when they're not observed they can exist in a Quantum super position why is that glowing pink when they're not observed they can exist in Quantum super position and be in many places at once this I also think will be relevant and it makes me wonder if like I don't know I'm curious about the Nomi and I feel like they need to they need to exist narratively like they should be somewhere so I was thinking what if the Nomi exist in this universe or maybe an overlapping universe that is somehow different and somehow similar but since they have not been observed they are not occupying just one place and then I was thinking about the quantum Moon how the no hean has been there and the Nomi always arrive at the South Pole everyone who goes there I don't know I don't know what it all means but what if aaran were to go there would they arrive at the North Pole would they arrive at the South Pole would they arrive somewhere else would they exist in like an overlapping universe but unable to interact act that was one of my thoughts not really a theory just just a thought um I also wondered if the Nomi and the hearthians have any overlap in their timeline because I remember my fuel level is critical can I fly over there yes I remember in the logs where they're talking about building the sun station they talk about wiping out all of the biodiversity in the solar system or something like that which makes me wonder if the hearthians were already alive but maybe they were not Sapient yet maybe they weren not Sapient life yet like maybe the Nomi knew about the hearthians but then why wouldn't they write about them maybe it's not that relevant sad [Music] um did it what is what am I even looking at I don't know there's this just my everything in the game I'm just like what am I even looking at I have no idea where do I want to go wait actually I did want to go here I'm getting oh wait wait wait wait wait my known bug by the way hold on engage autopilot don't fly me into the sun please please I'm just trying to talk about my theories here it's going to fly me into the sun isn't it please no I'm going into the sun it's too late Goodbye cruel world I can cannot just talk about her theories in peace anyway I was wondering if there's any overlap in the Nomi and the hearthians did they ever exist at the same time time I know I had the theory that the hearthians evolv from the Nomi but then it was immediately disproven because the museum said it's impossible but I don't know is anything truly impossible maybe it always shoots that way anyway is there overlap between the Nomi and the hearthians did they ever exist at the same time before the hearthians were intelligent life before they were sap because the no mind did seem to know something special was here in the universe or in the solar system I mean that's why they were like it would be a real shame to destroy it by building the sun station which is also one of my theories I do have a theory what is that about the sun station okay I'm not going to worry about that just yet I do have a theory about the sun station are you going to hey hey hey hey there's a planet in the way there's a planet in the way okay it's fine the sun the sun station my thought was that the sun station was a way to harvest energy perhaps and the sun station would make the sun age very quickly oh wait I was supposed to read this is the museum too I forgot I wanted to read about how a a star goes Supernova how it turns into a red giant because my other thought was that it could have aged the Sun what is this have I been here it could have made the Sun age very quickly by uh using the sun's fuel the fusion material that the sun would normally use so the sun runs out earlier and then begins its transformation into a red giant and then goes Supernova but also somehow the orbital probe is also maybe has something to do with it so basically I don't know these are my thoughts anyway let's um I wanted to wait hold on I wanted to find the quantum fluctuation but what is this okay I'll go let's go check it out I guess oh wait is this where the distress Beacon was whoa it moves I didn't realize it moved wait is that why the sand sometimes fills up it's all very mysterious who's here is somebody here I guess so ouch ouch what is this ouch I don't know let's just explore around here wait have I been down there I can go down there wait can I ouch that's glass of course it wouldn't be this easy post matter sunless City [Music] oh this is another way to get to the sunless City I wonder if we'll be able to find a way to get through ghost matter I had to thought about ghost matter too but all my theories are just crackpot theories in the moment my crackpot theory about ghost matter was like What if ghost matter is somehow the Nomi presence I feel like everything has to be related everything has to be relevant I just accepted ghost matter is just a a function of the universe uhoh hey please don't but maybe it's more than that maybe ghost matter is like know my souls or something the know my souls and it represents where they are can I read this if they're truly like overlapping you know if they exist in this universe but not note this door will need to remain closed for some time plan are running an experiment based on the extraordinary findings from the white hole station I don't like the white hole station every time I go there I die Ramy and I will be running this experiment until one of us specifically me can prove the other wrong so although it's inconvenient the lab currently can only be accessed by the path from the sunless City inviting sand inside would disrupt our setup and could have enormous consequences we realized this is an intriguing Prospect but the door must remain closed nonetheless well can I open the door an update the high energy lab is now being used to design the ash twin project if you're here to help or even just to observe be sure to use the sunless City path to the lab high energy lab okay certainly looks closed and that's where I was it got dark did I follow these stairs yet I don't think so wait did they just lean back down there though there's the sun this place must be very hot oh I guess it just leads back down here oh what's this way crash shs I accidentally swore it was a slip of the tongue crash sight not not anything else ow it hurts oh am I going back into the sunless City fill your Air Supply tank and return quickly anona anona was the mentor to poke right maybe wait is this how we get to the sunless City what is this oh this is the crash site okay this is the start of the path this way do I remember how to get there I did take a picture on my phone man I guess we're going back oh gosh but I don't want to it was scary follow the instructions closely was it again walk forward until you meet the sandfall and then turn left continue I can do this although I am curious what happens if I do it wrong I don't know I'm afraid of the sunless City so I want to limit the amount of time I have to spend here if at all possible Bridge oh you here have I made it okay we're trying to go to the lab oh 50% fuel remaining I use a lot of fuel the lab but also the anglerfish fossil though I don't know what I will be able to do with that [Music] information uh did I ever go over here ouch oh wait I think I did I think this is Ghost matter Central oops I think also the music is scary this place frightens me ooh anglerfish Overlook District steppingstone district high energy lab trail [Music] head what did that do does that show me where to go oh it's dark now I see is it lit up oh down here is that how it works down here I'm going to assume that is correct the N I sure did know how to mink there city is Advanced is it already buried am I too late ow or maybe it's this way is it in here stepping stone cave is this where oh no is this where I entered I feel as though I'm going to perish in here once again I wanted to find the other Quantum thingy I feel like I'm too low already have I been to Stepping oh no it's already filling up I'm too late I guess I can try to go back to the angler fish why does it fill so quickly how did they live here I have no idea how they lived here that is the it must be the trail head they also have an ey Shrine [Music] District up here to the angler fish here ow I'm not made for this kind of place uhoh what can I do to find a way [Music] inside there were children playing on the specimen whoa oh through the mouth of the anglerfish now where's my Scout I don't think I'm going to be able to find it my Scout is 78 M down 60 I mean it's full of sand so I don't think I'm getting down there in this trip can I leave at least I understand I'm no longer welcome here oh this is not an exit this elevator did not take me as far as I wished it would is this an exit though oh no this is just the angler fish again oh no I don't like the rising [Music] sand and I'm almost out of fuel I don't know where I can fuel myself wait maybe 2 3 4 I wonder if I can use the rising sand to help me in some way the lab is the lowest level huh do I need to get there really quick whoa oh it's just sand it got covered in sand how scary oh right there uh-oh ouch this might be the end ow maybe I want it to be the end I don't like the sunless City and the sunless City doesn't like me but I would like to go to the lab okay hold on I keep getting distracted I mean to go there to look at the the quantum Shard the quantum fluctuations but I keep getting distracted by the sunless City it calls to me even though it hates me I think my gasp does sound different every time I wake up I don't think I'm crazy at least not in that way other ways sure high energy [Music] lab based on extraordinary finds from the white hole station I haven't learned much okay what I want to do is find the quantum signal from The Hourglass twins Timber Hearth is what it's called I really want to go in the tower of quantum knowledge that's what I want and I keep getting distracted so let's go find the quantum fluctuations on here sounds scary and I hope I don't go in the sun I hope it seems like it is on the Ember twin okay don't oh please don't please don't please don't crash hold on hold on hold on okay okay wait is it like in the middle what even is this is it in the middle of the planet I'm scared I don't want to go in the sun wait where's the close one hold on hold on hold on where am I oh gosh please don't be swallowed up by sand I feel like I'm going to be swallowed up by sand oh wait here's a person is this our person hold on I think uhoh ow I fell down I need help I'm help help help help friend chart I like your drum what you got here a radio marshmallows oh jet fuel goodness it's you hello I take it your first launch went well then welcome to hourglass twins M the sand now where'd you go up to Horns spells hornfels asked me to update our Star Charts I'm out here observing this is one of the best places in the solar center to spot Astron astronomic astronomical events you know what's weird is I've actually seen a couple of super no today usually I'd be fortunate to see just when there's about to be another one with this sun an I on four an i or four on the stars and maybe you'll spot one yourself I found something I found your notes about the atler Rock's main crater the planet I mentioned may I don't remember what the notes were I'm going to be honest may have been frozen solid was it the ice one like a much colder giy and deep it's hard to say it used to be the fifth planet in our solar system you'll notice of course there's no such planet now in its place is dark Bramble which how to put this grew into the space the fifth planet used to occupy that is dark Bramble quite literally appeared at the center of the fifth planet and began destroying it from the inside out eventually the plan shattered completely and it shards were flung across space some of these shards collided with the celestial bodies in our solar system such as The ashler Rock which I believe is how its biggest crater was formed I have a question for you how do I know if I've spotted a supernova supernova look like extra bright stars to the naked eye but if you zoom in with your signal scope you can tell they're actually enormous explosions massive stars go supernova at the very end of their lifespans which why it's so unusual to see two in a single day wonder if some of these stars are older than we've realized is the universe older than we realized how old because the ey seems to be older than the universe maybe the universe is just older than we thought or this orbital probe what is it is causing stars to age faster maybe it wasn't only shot at our sun but other stars as well we now documenting Stars hornfels noticed our Star Charts are out of date so they have asked me to update them please tell the others I said this but sometimes I think I'm the only traveler out out here interested in doing any science at all or no or maybe don't tell hornfels either I think they're pretty deep in denial where should I explore I haven't left this lake bed I don't mind mean to brag but I'm really quite good with the little Scouts I've been taking pictures of everything from right here in my campsite you've seen the old shipwreck site on Ember twin southern hemisphere the one shooting a bright beam of light into the sky it's not one of our crashes surprisingly enough that one's a n my ship find know my ruins across the twins but strangely enough not I found a settlement believe me if there was one to see it I've seen it with my little Scout I don't know about that so where did they live not on the surface clearly I'm T is full of cave systems though maybe the answer lies underground it does how dangerous is that column of sand on a scale of one to dead I'd give it a seven or eight awfully pretty though right now sand is fling from Ash twin to em twin but did you know the process eventually reverses oh that's that's why it's not always full of sand we're not sure completely sure why the sand floats back and forth between the Twins but it seems to be a natural phenomena oh if you'd like to see something interesting check out the other twin ones a little more of it sand drains off I promise you won't be disappointed oh what are you up to okay I found something okay that's the same check it out once more of the sand disappears like that where's my ship oh I see my problem why do I keep Landing it like this wait I was supposed to find the quantum fluctuation okay I'm not particularly close though I mean it wouldn't hurt to go go check out this one right I didn't see all this before what is all of this there's so much to see where to even start let's check this out o this goes up oh but this place is also going to start filling with sand eventually no don't shoot me into space Oh wait okay it didn't I got so scared is the sun station oh is it gone there's brittle [Music] Hollow oh is sand flowing back in now oh shoot it looks like it's flowing back in oh wait no it was almost flowing in right ow where's my ship I don't know if this place is just for observing let's check out the other anything else on this planet uhoh what do we got this can I enter this I'm not sure I saw that what about this okay this is certainly something interesting is it another place that I have no idea how to enter probably possibly why are all the doors broken oh my gosh no no no no no no no no no no no no take me back I'm going to be fine okay it's not that deadly I raid it decidedly not that deadly my ship though my ship no they took my ship oh my gosh I guess we live here now is this lore is there any place to put this scroll there's [Music] some strange things oh right here yes give me the lore I demand it it's pie again friends visiting from the hanging City we are planning the ash twin project at the high energy L lab on Ember Twin's equator I became lost on Ember twin my gratitude that Ramy found me but the high energy lab is the building with the large solar panels I'm surprised I didn't see it I imagine our otherwise immensely clever conoy would lose his own head if we weren't anatomically impossible that's all ship log updated oh my goodness I didn't even see you oh no see it's very suspicious like how are the clothes still in such a good State it's not like there's no atmosphere here there's literally a giant pillar of sand that comes and destroys everything in its path oh I don't know which direction the sand is going still this is oh this is this building I see they're connected oh what's this one well I ever land I hope so I feel like I was going to say something and now I've completely forgotten oh what is this oh I was upside down here's our first delivery yo one warp cord they did manage to make it then fresh from the black hole Forge rud is installing the cor sibling on brittle Hollow as I write this my gratitude claring with this the ash twin project is underway I confess I'm deeply curious about what you and poke found in the White Hall station that started this project could I visit sometime to learn more I recommend you do the White Hall station is the model for the towers being built for the ash twin project so visit the station would be doubly useful it seems to have been destroyed the White Hall Station I suppose more precisely I would like to visit the White Hall station with you Clary are they flirting hero stop using the scroll wall to flirt with my sister in romantic matters her Destiny Rivals neutron stars and go meet her on the white hole station I'd be happy to explain our findings I wish I could wait here for you to arrive but the for and my unfinished work there is calling I'll return with more material soon I would like to check out the forge that's where I was last time I think oh goodness that's not exactly what you like to see it looks like most of the sand is gone is there anything over here anything more this game always puts such time pressure on oh is this it's still flowing that way though at least it looks like it is what's this have I been here I do not know oh gosh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no this looks very bad and I'm running out of oxygen am I safe in here I think I am somehow oh I don't like that there's an elevator that goes up and I don't know how to access it and I'm almost out of fuel and oxygen is this the end this is where I was right yes oh goodness or I'm dizzy well without my ship I don't know what I can do I can try to visit my ship bya the sand oh I can suffocate that also I can do okay I feel like I'm beginning to reach diminishing returns with these trips I really want to go into the southern Observatory I really want to but they won't let me in I feel like I don't have enough Quantum knowledge I should go find the quantum Shar CS because then maybe I will learn I swear it shoots in a different direction sometime but it must always shoot to the sun right I don't know I don't even know if it is shooting towards the sun it seems to be I wonder if I can see any supernovas are there any especially bright Stars this one well I know I'm expecting to zoom in and it's just going to be like the like a explosion Supernova what is that what is that there's I don't know this universe is full of of mysteries let's see the log the ash Twin Towers it's more to explore [Music] here black hole Forge black hole Forge won't you come I don't know what the ash twin project is does it have anything to do with the sun station I think so because look it's right next to it the White hle Station the sun station also I'm pretty sure when I took the shuttle it was trying to take me to the sun station and it just happened to take me into the sun okay I really want to try to get this signal but I keep getting sidetracked every time let's try to find it this time what is that why is the Sun so close if the Sun is really 9 km away wouldn't we all be dead isn't it too hot so maybe we're tiny maybe we're like microscopic it's some microscopic Universe hold on okay clean Landing beautiful Landing but where is my Quantum fluctuation it's somewhere have I been here what if it's in the sunless City [Music] um oh oh we're getting close 50 m wait my ship is wait no that's not my ship that's chur ship probably 60 [Music] M 100 m is it in the ground in the caves please don't make me go to the sunless City again I know I'm going to have to I know I'm not done but boy does that place scare me I got to be honest with you oh where am I oh no 120 m am I stuck oh my gosh I'm feeling claustrophobic down here and it's so dark oops 106 M I feel like it's in a cave probably and I don't like that I am a notorious cave lover and Cave fearer I do certainly fear them 83 M Hall um I just just going back to a camp ouch maybe it's in here it doesn't seem to be in here where is here anyway a Cave System of sorts 96 M uh-oh uh-oh uhoh it's fine oh I'm back here again and I feel like I'm about to be swallowed by sand is it in here what but oh how bad is it if I if I can I just brute force it should I go to the crash side caves I feel like I'm already too late to enter the lab though I feel like the lab is where I need to be [Music] probably and I used all my fuel already this Kieran is struggling in this episode of outer [Music] Wilds don't make me go in the cave again wait is this the other side of the angler fish I guess I can't reach it from here either though wait wait wait I should leave my Scout there it is there I can try to find it maybe an entrance what's this way nothing but rocks we'll see about that okay maybe you're right maybe there's nothing but rocks breathable air here I guess I should explore everything oh wait is this where I was oh yeah I did come in from here before just now [Music] even oh I just wish I could refill my my fuel refill my fuel enormous Cavern maybe I should try to go right pretend I'm playing Stanley Parable follow instructions carefully my Scout is not that close where's the 176 M was there really nothing over this way I thought I would be rewarded for [Music] disobeying is it truly not the case oh up I'm pretty sure I took way too long to get here here and now everything is going to be wait the Scout uhoh am I going to regret this I'm a little claustrophobic down here oh gosh just PR 10 I'm a little kid going to find the anglerfish ouch oh I ended up back here somehow oh goodness I don't know if I'm learning anything in these caves maybe I should leave this planet oh my goodness where am I up here to the sunless City but it's certainly been too long now everything will be filled with sand am I just going in circles I am and everything's filling with sand I don't like that ouch I don't like this place maybe I want to get taken out of this Loop I'm not finding my Scout I'm not finding the I don't know I feel like it's in the cave somewhere I don't want to be in the caves anymore take me out of here goodbye goodbye the sand Planet destroys me it destroy dys me maybe I should go find wait isn't the other one in Giants deep though maybe it's not that easy to find all of the the quantum shards [Music] oh did I learn anything what have I learned I've raised even more questions such as what is the ash twin project and what are the towers the quantum [Music] Moon hourglass twins Giants deep Angler fish [Music] [Music] fossil at least I found all the Escape [Music] pods I could go to the ash twin or the black hole Forge again I like this purple stuff but I'm I'm not making much project with it I'm also very intrigued by the color coding what does it mean I don't even remember where this was this a gravity Cannon Quantum Moon take me to the quantum Moon white hole station maybe maybe I tried to go to Giants deep oh we're spinning too much [Music] spein less spein please where is giant deep unknown what is that hold on what is this I'm afraid to look away no no no don't not don't aboard autopilot is this the quantum moon what is what is this isn't that easy to find it well it's kind of barren though oh it must be wait was I looking for the quantum Moon all this time and it's so boring it's just boring what's its deal Quantum Moon did it leave is it gone oh it's there it's not that hard to get to but oh there it is again it just moves around a lot but there's doesn't seem to be much to do on the quantum Moon not the peak tourist destination I have to admit okay well at least we at least we got to take a visit to the quantum Moon I am going to leave this part here thank you for hanging out this a little bit scary hold on can we okay this is also a little bit scary I wanted some light-hearted music to end the episode thank you for watching my let's play as always and I will see you next time bye-bye fun well