#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
December 9, 2023 · 3 h 28 min
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Nature Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9
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() – Introduction
() – Assembly theory paper
() – Assembly equation
() – Discovering alien life
() – Evolution of life on Earth
() – Response to criticism
() – Kolmogorov complexity
() – Nature review process
() – Time and free will
() – Communication with aliens
() – Cellular automata
() – AGI
() – Nuclear weapons
() – Chem Machina
() – GPT for electron density
() – God