#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
Lex Fridman Podcast
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The False Sense of Security in the Search for Life's Origin
In a hypothetical scenario, a country discovers a Tesla and tries to understand the origin of cars by dissecting it. However, they fail to recognize the true history of cars, tracing back to Henry Ford and even earlier inventors. The text suggests that the current emphasis on biological identities may be misleading us in our search for understanding.
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