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#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
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() – Introduction
() – Life and chemistry
() – Self-replicating molecules
() – Origin of life
() – Life on Mars
() – Aliens
() – Origin of life continued
() – Fermi Paradox
() – UFOs
() – Science and authority
() – Pickle experiment
() – Assembly theory
() – Free will
() – Cellular automata
() – Chemputation
() – Universal programming language for chemistry
() – Chemputer safety
() – Automated engineering of nanomaterials
() – Consciousness
() – Joscha Bach
() – Meaning of life
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