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EP 297 Sara Walker on the Physics of Life’s Emergence

The Jim Rutt Show

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Unraveling Assembly Theory

This chapter explores assembly theory and its critical role in understanding the origins of life and biological complexity. It emphasizes that complex structures arise through evolutionary processes and introduces the assembly index as a key measure to differentiate living from non-living systems. The discussion also contemplates the philosophical implications of measuring complexity in nature and the necessity for an evolutionary framework in the persistence of complex life forms.

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