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#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:31) – Life and chemistry

(21:56) – Self-replicating molecules

(32:19) – Origin of life

(48:45) – Life on Mars

(53:49) – Aliens

(1:00:30) – Origin of life continued

(1:07:24) – Fermi Paradox

(1:17:04) – UFOs

(1:25:25) – Science and authority

(1:31:28) – Pickle experiment

(1:34:23) – Assembly theory

(2:17:22) – Free will

(2:28:37) – Cellular automata

(2:52:08) – Chemputation

(3:09:23) – Universal programming language for chemistry

(3:22:34) – Chemputer safety

(3:35:15) – Automated engineering of nanomaterials

(3:44:15) – Consciousness

(3:53:48) – Joscha Bach

(4:05:04) – Meaning of life