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Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #269

Lex Fridman · 1.1M views · 2022-03-11 · 4:05:51

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Overview

Lex Fridman interviews University of Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin about the origin of life, aliens, complexity and consciousness. The conversation centers on Cronin's assembly theory.

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HN points to it in origin-of-life and complexity threads as a fascinating long-form introduction to assembly theory.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2022–2022

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nomel · 2022-07 · Strong recommendation

I highly recommend the Lex Fridman podcast with Lee Cronin (#269), about the origins of life and complexity theory [1]. The discussion is really incredible. It really changed my naive perspective of life, and the universe. 1. [VIDEO]

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nomel · 2022-06 · Recommendation

There’s a great Lex Fridman podcast related to this, about “Assembly Theory”, by Lee Cronin. I thought it was fascinating. Youtube: [VIDEO] Spotify: [LINK]

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egman_ekki · 2022-04 · Recommendation

On the topic of complexity of life created structures, I found this Lex Fridman's interview with Lee Cronin fascinating and thought-provoking: [VIDEO]

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