The Joe Walker Podcast cover image

A Short Story Of Everything - David Christian

The Joe Walker Podcast

00:00

The Energy Entropy Loves the Universe

In the early universe, energy was guaranteed to move in certain ways. So a minimum of structure was guaranteed for the star. Now most of the universe still consists of hydrogen and helium. But 2% consists of all the other atoms. And those atoms can combine so suddenly you can create new types of stuff. That takes us to threshold five - we only know of life on planet Earth. The best thing at the moment is that the universe is crawling with bacterial life.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app