The Nature of Life Is Different

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We are biased when it comes to the origin of life. We still don't know anything but this Earth. The nature of life is different. If really life is the best way the universe has to fight entropy, there is no bias there. There might be other universes, but the one we know works with the same physics. It's a little bit surreal that there were two descendants of apes. I think that's some people trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:47) – Working in extreme environments
(11:26) – Water and life on Mars
(19:31) – Origin of life
(37:00) – Complexity
(40:37) – AI
(49:23) – Extinction
(57:06) – Fermi Paradox
(1:10:48) – SETI research
(1:13:39) – Diving in volcanic lakes
(1:32:57) – Surviving an earthquake on a volcano
(1:43:37) – Resilience of life
(1:51:31) – Life below the surface of Mars
(2:00:26) – Depression
(2:04:08) – Mortality