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Understanding the Universe and Life Emergence
06:48 - 15:26 (08:37)
The discovery of how the universe works does not mean complete understanding of how life emerges from it. Life concepts in different fields of science such as biology and ecology should also be taken into consideration.
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In the past two decades, two major discoveries have been made in the field of astronomy.
06:48 - 08:22 (01:33)
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In the past two decades, two major discoveries have been made in the field of astronomy. Firstly, most of the stars in the sky have been found to be orbited by planets, like the Sun is. Second, the universe had an origin about 13.8 billion years ago in a time called Big Bang and we have learned more about black holes, neutron stars, and other extreme phenomena.
ChapterUnderstanding the Universe and Life Emergence
Episode#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The origin of life is something that may happen routinely given certain conditions, despite the fact that even the smallest living organism is far more complicated than the most complicated star or galaxy.
08:22 - 10:26 (02:03)
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The origin of life is something that may happen routinely given certain conditions, despite the fact that even the smallest living organism is far more complicated than the most complicated star or galaxy. While physicists aim to discover the theory of everything, biology remains a complex and layered study.
ChapterUnderstanding the Universe and Life Emergence
Episode#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The various sciences are hierarchical, built upon one another, starting with the most fundamental building blocks.
10:26 - 15:26 (05:00)
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The various sciences are hierarchical, built upon one another, starting with the most fundamental building blocks. While reductions in science may be true to an extent, living things cannot be fully understood through such reductions.