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

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The Lawnmower Is Conscious

Elon Musk talks about the flame of human consciousness. Can we instill consciousness into other beings? Because that's a sad thought that whatever this thing inside our minds that hopes and dreams and fears and loves can all die. I have a robot lawnmower at home. My kids call it CC call car. It's a robo mo. And it, well, the way it works, it has an electric field around the perimeter. The fact we're here and the robots we leave behind, they all have some of that. So we won't lose it all.

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