#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
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Lee’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 />
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(09:37) – Assembly theory paper<br />
(30:06) – Assembly equation<br />
(43:19) – Discovering alien life<br />
(1:01:38) – Evolution of life on Earth<br />
(1:09:34) – Response to criticism<br />
(1:27:12) – Kolmogorov complexity<br />
(1:39:02) – Nature review process<br />
(1:59:56) – Time and free will<br />
(2:06:21) – Communication with aliens<br />
(2:28:19) – Cellular automata<br />
(2:32:48) – AGI<br />
(2:49:36) – Nuclear weapons<br />
(2:55:22) – Chem Machina<br />
(3:08:16) – GPT for electron density<br />
(3:17:46) – God</p>