3min chapter

Lex Fridman Podcast cover image

#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds

Lex Fridman Podcast

CHAPTER

The Shortest Path to the Final Lego Castle?

Most instruments that NASA builds, for example, or any of the space agencies looking for life in the universe are looking for chemical correlates. But here we have something based on properties of molecules. It's not a chemical correlate. It's agnostic. Life is a system that patterns particular structures into matter. That's what it is. And if you're looking for a molecule, you're not testing any hypotheses about the nature of what life is.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode