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Defining Life Based on Assembly Theory
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Using assembly theory, we can define life by finding an object that has a large number of parts and determine if it has been produced by an informational process. This applies to both molecules and complex objects like cars and books.
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The guest describes his work in assembly theory and how it can be used to determine the minimum number of steps required to reform a molecule from atoms.
1:39:07 - 1:43:01 (03:54)
Summary
The guest describes his work in assembly theory and how it can be used to determine the minimum number of steps required to reform a molecule from atoms. He also shares his algorithm used to calculate the assembly number for 20 million molecules from a database.
ChapterDefining Life Based on Assembly Theory
Episode#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Researchers have used assembly theory to determine if an object has been produced by an informational process.
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Researchers have used assembly theory to determine if an object has been produced by an informational process. By analyzing molecules from biological samples, they found a threshold of 15 parts that indicates the molecule was produced by evolution.
ChapterDefining Life Based on Assembly Theory
Episode#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses how assembly and reusability are fundamental factors in the universe, not just for life and complex organisms, but also for causation.
1:45:07 - 1:47:21 (02:14)
Summary
The speaker discusses how assembly and reusability are fundamental factors in the universe, not just for life and complex organisms, but also for causation.