
#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
Lex Fridman Podcast
Assembly theory: Quantifying complexity and detecting evolution
Assembly theory suggests that the complexity of an object can be measured by the number of steps it took to create it. It also suggests that we can determine if the object was created through an evolutionary process by looking at the number of copies of the object. This theory has sparked controversy and interesting discussions.
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