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#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is It Possible to Get Complex Patterns Emerging From Simple Rules?
I like cellular automata. I think they're good toy models. But mostly where I've thought about them is to actually, let's say, poke at the current conceptual framework that we have and see where the flaws are. So I do think, as a proof of principle, that you can get complex things emerging from simple rules. As an explanatory framework for life, I think they’re a bit problematic for the same reason that the laws of physics are a bit problematic.
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