#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:48) – Music and life<br />
(46:21) – The number 42<br />
(52:22) – The question about the meaning of life<br />
(55:02) – Are humans unique in the universe?<br />
(1:00:46) – Human civilization<br />
(1:12:52) – Mars<br />
(1:14:45) – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality<br />
(1:25:38) – Neural networks and intelligence<br />
(1:32:55) – Ideas as organisms<br />
(1:42:19) – Language<br />
(1:53:34) – Legacy<br />
(2:08:25) – Poems</p>
<p><b>SONGS MENTIONED:</b><br />
[1] Dwros Gewrgiadis – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Pull Marine<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk</a><br />
[7] Georges Moustaki – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Russians<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs</a><br />
[14] Joni Mitchell – 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 – I’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 & Union Station – 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>