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#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds

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Is There a Cellular Tomata?

Physicists have always treated us as external observers of the universe, and we are not part of the universe. We don't have descriptions at a fundamental level that describe us as inside the system. So my honest answer is I don't know. And it sometimes feels like a cop out, but I feel like that's a more meaningful way of making progress than what a lot of people want to do. If we're the highest assembly object in the entire universe, does that give you... At this moment in time, maybe.

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