AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
4min chapter
#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
Lex Fridman Podcast
The RNA World Is Not One Hypothesis
In an RNA molecule, you have a sequence of characters that can be copied and propagated. The idea is it could both have persistent information and also do some of the work of creating a self-sustaining organism. So in some ways, people think that RNA gives you the most bang for your buck in a single molecule. And therefore, it gives you all the features that you might think are life.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode