#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness

from Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Published: Fri Mar 11 2022

Show Notes

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
()– Introduction
()– Life and chemistry
()– Self-replicating molecules
()– Origin of life
()– Life on Mars
()– Aliens
()– Origin of life continued
()– Fermi Paradox
()– UFOs
()– Science and authority
()– Pickle experiment
()– Assembly theory
()– Free will
()– Cellular automata
()– Chemputation
()– Universal programming language for chemistry
()– Chemputer safety
()– Automated engineering of nanomaterials
()– Consciousness
()– Joscha Bach
()– Meaning of life