Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything | Lex Fridman Podcast #142

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/ Manolis Twitter: https://twitter.com/manoliskellis Manolis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKlJ5LHrE3C7fgbnPA5DGA 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 2:18 - Music and life 41:51 - The number 42 47:52 - The question about the meaning of life 50:32 - Are humans unique in the universe? 56:16 - Human civilization 1:08:22 - Mars 1:10:15 - Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality 1:21:08 - Neural networks and intelligence 1:28:25 - Ideas as organisms 1:37:49 - Language 1:49:04 - Legacy 2:03:55 - Poems SONGS MENTIONED: [1] Dwros Gewrgiadis - An imoun plousios - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI [2] Grigoris Bithikotsis - Ftoxologia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8 [3] Sto perigiali to kryfo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw [4] Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc [5] George Michael - Careless Whisper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ [6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani - Pull Marine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk [7] Georges Moustaki - Le meteque - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A [8] Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM [9] Sting - Englishman In New York - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk [10] Sting - Fragile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY [11] Pink Floyd - The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5DRKZI1Ow [12] Pink Floyd - The Wall (One Of My Turns) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks [13] Sting - Russians - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs [14] Joni Mitchell - Both sides now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I [15] Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY [16] Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Lucky One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman