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

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ChemistryBiology & biotechnologyConsciousness & cognition

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “It really changed my naive perspective of life, and the universe.”

    Lee Cronin on origins of life and complexity theory.

    nomel, 2022-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Scientists discover new “origins of life” chemical reactions”

  2. “I found this Lex Fridman's interview with Lee Cronin fascinating and thought-provoking”

    Lex Fridman interview with Lee Cronin on complexity.

    egman_ekki, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Do the same mechanisms that create complex life also create complex technology?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: lee cronin, assembly theory, origin of life, chemistry, lex fridman

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