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Nick Lane on Origins of Life, Consciousness, Alien Life, Krebs Cycle, and Evolution

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

CHAPTER

The Strength of Science Is Concentrating on What's Solvent

The strength of science is focusing on what's soluble, the weakness is also that too. If one was to go into a pach d programme but produce no papers in four years, or produce papers with all negative results, then you would likely not be hired. And so yes, when you're a young person,. when you're at your most creative, you're disincentivized for pursuing wild ideas - even if they won't work. It means that we we prioritize certain incremental progress.

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