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Earth Holds The Key To Alien Life | Sara Walker
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Assembly Theory: Origins of Life and Consciousness
This chapter explores Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding the origins of life by fusing insights from physics and information theory. The speaker discusses the crucial role of information and evolution in developing complex systems, as well as the philosophical implications surrounding consciousness and existence. It highlights the unique conditions on Earth that allow for the synthesis of life’s chemical structures and critiques the assumption that complexity can spontaneously arise throughout the universe.
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