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Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #404

Lee Cronin is a chemist at University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/lee-cronin-3-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Lee's Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecronin Lee's Website: https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/ Nature Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9 Chemify's Website: https://chemify.io PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:15 - Assembly theory paper 21:45 - Assembly equation 34:57 - Discovering alien life 53:16 - Evolution of life on Earth 1:01:12 - Response to criticism 1:18:50 - Kolmogorov complexity 1:30:40 - Nature review process 1:51:34 - Time and free will 1:57:59 - Communication with aliens 2:19:57 - Cellular automata 2:24:26 - AGI 2:41:15 - Nuclear weapons 2:47:00 - Chem Machina 2:59:54 - GPT for electron density 3:09:24 - God SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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Dec 9, 20233h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 1:15

    Introduction

  2. 1:15 – 21:45

    Assembly theory paper

  3. 21:45 – 34:57

    Assembly equation

  4. 34:57 – 53:16

    Discovering alien life

  5. 53:16 – 1:01:12

    Evolution of life on Earth

  6. 1:01:12 – 1:18:50

    Response to criticism

  7. 1:18:50 – 1:30:40

    Kolmogorov complexity

  8. 1:30:40 – 1:51:34

    Nature review process

  9. 1:51:34 – 1:57:59

    Time and free will

  10. 1:57:59 – 2:19:57

    Communication with aliens

  11. 2:19:57 – 2:24:26

    Cellular automata

  12. 2:24:26 – 2:41:15

    AGI

  13. 2:41:15 – 2:47:00

    Nuclear weapons

  14. 2:47:00 – 2:59:54

    Chem Machina

  15. 2:59:54 – 3:09:24

    GPT for electron density

  16. 3:09:24 – 3:19:21

    God

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