#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:31) – Life and chemistry<br />
(21:56) – Self-replicating molecules<br />
(32:19) – Origin of life<br />
(48:45) – Life on Mars<br />
(53:49) – Aliens<br />
(1:00:30) – Origin of life continued<br />
(1:07:24) – Fermi Paradox<br />
(1:17:04) – UFOs<br />
(1:25:25) – Science and authority<br />
(1:31:28) – Pickle experiment<br />
(1:34:23) – Assembly theory<br />
(2:17:22) – Free will<br />
(2:28:37) – Cellular automata<br />
(2:52:08) – Chemputation<br />
(3:09:23) – Universal programming language for chemistry<br />
(3:22:34) – Chemputer safety<br />
(3:35:15) – Automated engineering of nanomaterials<br />
(3:44:15) – Consciousness<br />
(3:53:48) – Joscha Bach<br />
(4:05:04) – Meaning of life</p>