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#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is It More Interesting to Understand the Fundamental Mechanisms of Evolution or the Results?
I try to keep a very abstract mindset and I notice that whenever I try to instantiate these abstractions, I corrupt whatever thoughts there are for which they are useful. If we were ever to interact with aliens, for example, we would not have our biology in common. Our particular anatomy and biology pertains only to life on this planet; the principles may apply more ubiquitously. Do you ever think about aliens like what they might look like? I deal with thought experiments like these.
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