#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything

About this episode

<p>Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. 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On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (06:48) &#8211; Music and life<br /> (46:21) &#8211; The number 42<br /> (52:22) &#8211; The question about the meaning of life<br /> (55:02) &#8211; Are humans unique in the universe?<br /> (1:00:46) &#8211; Human civilization<br /> (1:12:52) &#8211; Mars<br /> (1:14:45) &#8211; Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality<br /> (1:25:38) &#8211; Neural networks and intelligence<br /> (1:32:55) &#8211; Ideas as organisms<br /> (1:42:19) &#8211; Language<br /> (1:53:34) &#8211; Legacy<br /> (2:08:25) &#8211; Poems</p> <p><b>SONGS MENTIONED:</b><br /> [1] Dwros Gewrgiadis &#8211; An imoun plousios<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI</a><br /> [2] Grigoris Bithikotsis &#8211; Ftoxologia<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8</a><br /> [3] Sto perigiali to kryfo<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw</a><br /> [4] Michael Jackson &#8211; Man in the Mirror<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc</a><br /> [5] George Michael &#8211; Careless Whisper<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ</a><br /> [6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani &#8211; Pull Marine<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk</a><br /> [7] Georges Moustaki &#8211; Le meteque<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A</a><br /> [8] Jacques Brel &#8211; Ne me quitte pas<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM</a><br /> [9] Sting &#8211; Englishman In New York<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk</a><br /> [10] Sting &#8211; Fragile<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY</a><br /> [11] Pink Floyd &#8211; The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free)<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg</a><br /> [12] Pink Floyd &#8211; The Wall (One Of My Turns)<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks</a><br /> [13] Sting &#8211; Russians<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs</a><br /> [14] Joni Mitchell &#8211; Both sides now<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I</a><br /> [15] Leonard Cohen &#8211; I&#8217;m Your Man<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY</a><br /> [16] Alison Krauss &#38; Union Station &#8211; The Lucky One<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc</a></p>