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

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Exploring the Origins of Life: Laboratory Complexities

This chapter examines the challenges of simulating life's origins in a lab, critiquing the RNA world hypothesis and highlighting biases in experimental design. The discussion underscores the philosophical implications of how experiments can shape our understanding of life's emergence from non-life. Speakers stress the need for new approaches that strip away preconceived notions, emphasizing complexity, information, and the role of historical contexts in biological systems.

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