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#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is the Origin of Life Research a Scam?
I think the actual molecules that we have in biology right now, entirely contingent on the history of life on earth, there are so many possible solutions. And this is where chemistry gets itself into a bit of a trap. We're going to actually be at a workstation for years before we know what life is or how it started. I want to make artificial life and bound the likelihood of the origin of life on Earth, but more importantly to find origin of life elsewhere. You need to understand that although we're not the only life forms in the universe, my impression's very strong that you can't just say 'we've got this simple fluke' But coming back to the scam,
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