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Stuart Bartlett
Postdoctoral researcher at Caltech specializing in the definition and origins of life, focusing on the four pillars of dissipation, autocatalysis, homeostasis, and learning.
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Jul 20, 2020
• 1h 26min
106 | Stuart Bartlett on What "Life" Means
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Stuart Bartlett, a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech, dives into the intriguing complexities of defining life. He discusses a revolutionary framework based on four pillars: dissipation, autocatalysis, homeostasis, and learning. Bartlett emphasizes that life isn't a simple concept but rather a collection of traits. The conversation also explores the potential for synthetic and extraterrestrial life, the challenges of cooperation in evolution, and how these principles can reshape our understanding of what it means to be alive.
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