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The Historical Origins of Life
42:06 - 51:51 (09:45)
The historical origins of life are often overlooked in comparison with the search for the Higgs mechanism, despite being related, and ultimate validation of life's origin could be achieved by observing a bacteria created from low complexity substances. The experiment of seating assembly, where an object of higher causal history is placed into a system of lower causal history, aims to create such a bacteria.
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The process of recreating the exact historical origin of life on Earth is somewhat irrelevant according to a chemist in this podcast episode.
42:06 - 43:47 (01:41)
Summary
The process of recreating the exact historical origin of life on Earth is somewhat irrelevant according to a chemist in this podcast episode. Most people working in the field lack discipline now.
ChapterThe Historical Origins of Life
Episode#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The relevance of the physics of information is directly proportional to the amount of information necessary to specify the existence of a certain object, especially in the case of the vast complexity of chemistry.
43:47 - 47:21 (03:34)
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The relevance of the physics of information is directly proportional to the amount of information necessary to specify the existence of a certain object, especially in the case of the vast complexity of chemistry. Probing the vast complexity of chemistry in an unconstrained way with as little information as possible can help to determine when and how information actually emerges.
ChapterThe Historical Origins of Life
Episode#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The lack of attention given to the historical origins of life is compared to the search for the origin of mass, as discussed in this episode.
47:21 - 51:51 (04:29)
Summary
The lack of attention given to the historical origins of life is compared to the search for the origin of mass, as discussed in this episode. The idea of seeding assembly is also explored, which involves placing a high complexity object with a long causal history into a system of lower causal history.