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Mentioned in 13 episodes
Life as No One Knows It
The Physics of Life's Emergence
Book • 2024
In 'Life as No One Knows It,' physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally testable theory for what life is.
This is an urgent issue for efforts to make life from scratch in laboratories and missions searching for life on other planets.
Walker proposes a new paradigm for understanding what physics encompasses and what we recognize as life, culminating in a bold proposal for a new theory for identifying and classifying life that applies to any instance of life in the universe.
The book celebrates the mystery of life and the explanatory power of physics.
This is an urgent issue for efforts to make life from scratch in laboratories and missions searching for life on other planets.
Walker proposes a new paradigm for understanding what physics encompasses and what we recognize as life, culminating in a bold proposal for a new theory for identifying and classifying life that applies to any instance of life in the universe.
The book celebrates the mystery of life and the explanatory power of physics.
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
Mentioned by 

as her new book, coming out on August 6th.


Lex Fridman

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#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens
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as the focus of their conversation.


Sam Harris

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#388 — What Is Life?
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as the author of the book, highlighting her expertise in astrobiology and theoretical physics.


Joe Rogan

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#2184 - Sara Imari Walker
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as the author of the new book, and the subject of the podcast episode.


Rufus Griscom

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WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 1): A Mind-Bending Conversation with Sara Walker
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as the topic of the podcast episode.

Jim Rutt

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EP 297 Sara Walker on the Physics of Life’s Emergence
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at the end of the podcast as a book written by 

, the guest of the episode.


Rufus Griscom


Sara Walker

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WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 2): Consciousness, AI, and Aliens
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to read alongside 'Origins' to understand the origins of life and mind.

Paul Triolo

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The World AI Conference in Shanghai: Two tech veterans share their impressions
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in relation to computational approaches to life.


Sean Carroll

AMA | September 2024
Recommended by 

as a brilliant and approachable book about the assembly theory of life.


Jeff Cannata

Ep. 804 - Nosferatu
Mentioned by Emily Silverman as the author of the book and the subject of the podcast episode.

The Origins of Life with Sara Imari Walker
Mentioned by the host as a book exploring the nature of life and its integration into the universe.

UL NO. 458: Ollama Vulnerabilities, Rating AI Using AI, The Mantis Hack-back Framework
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when discussing the origin of life.


Annaka Harris

PREVIEW: CHAPTER 9: Consciousness as Fundamental
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as a groundbreaking new book on the physics of life's emergence.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Sara Imari Walker on Physics, Emergence, and Life on Other Planets