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#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
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() – Introduction
() – Music and life
() – The number 42
() – The question about the meaning of life
() – Are humans unique in the universe?
() – Human civilization
() – Mars
() – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality
() – Neural networks and intelligence
() – Ideas as organisms
() – Language
() – Legacy
() – Poems
SONGS MENTIONED:
[1] Dwros Gewrgiadis – An imoun plousios
[2] Grigoris Bithikotsis – Ftoxologia
[3] Sto perigiali to kryfo
[4] Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror
[5] George Michael – Careless Whisper
[6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani – Pull Marine
[7] Georges Moustaki – Le meteque
[8] Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas
[9] Sting – Englishman In New York
[10] Sting – Fragile
[11] Pink Floyd – The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free)
[12] Pink Floyd – The Wall (One Of My Turns)
[13] Sting – Russians
[14] Joni Mitchell – Both sides now
[15] Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
[16] Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One
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