#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe

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<p>Lee Cronin is a chemist at University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>NetSuite</b>: <a href="http://netsuite.com/lex">http://netsuite.com/lex</a> to get free product tour<br /> &#8211; <b>BetterHelp</b>: <a href="https://betterhelp.com/lex">https://betterhelp.com/lex</a> to get 10% off<br /> &#8211; <b>Shopify</b>: <a href="https://shopify.com/lex">https://shopify.com/lex</a> to get $1 per month trial<br /> &#8211; <b>Eight Sleep</b>: <a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/lex">https://www.eightsleep.com/lex</a> to get special savings<br /> &#8211; <b>AG1</b>: <a href="https://drinkag1.com/lex">https://drinkag1.com/lex</a> to get 1 month supply of fish oil</p> <p>Transcript: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/lee-cronin-3-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/lee-cronin-3-transcript</a></p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Lee&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/leecronin">https://twitter.com/leecronin</a><br /> Lee&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/">https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/</a><br /> Nature Paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9</a><br /> Chemify&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://chemify.io">https://chemify.io</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (09:37) &#8211; Assembly theory paper<br /> (30:06) &#8211; Assembly equation<br /> (43:19) &#8211; Discovering alien life<br /> (1:01:38) &#8211; Evolution of life on Earth<br /> (1:09:34) &#8211; Response to criticism<br /> (1:27:12) &#8211; Kolmogorov complexity<br /> (1:39:02) &#8211; Nature review process<br /> (1:59:56) &#8211; Time and free will<br /> (2:06:21) &#8211; Communication with aliens<br /> (2:28:19) &#8211; Cellular automata<br /> (2:32:48) &#8211; AGI<br /> (2:49:36) &#8211; Nuclear weapons<br /> (2:55:22) &#8211; Chem Machina<br /> (3:08:16) &#8211; GPT for electron density<br /> (3:17:46) &#8211; God</p>