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

Dec 9, 2023 3h 28m

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

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