Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318
Nick Lane is a biochemist at UCL and author of Transformer, The Vital Question, and many other amazing books on biology, chemistry, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Origin of life
14:56 - Panspermia
20:30 - What is life?
33:44 - Photosynthesis
37:19 - Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
47:20 - Sex
55:03 - DNA
1:02:15 - Violence
1:12:50 - Human evolution
1:18:45 - Neanderthals
1:22:18 - Sensory inputs
1:33:08 - Consciousness
2:04:41 - AI and biology
2:34:00 - Evolution
2:54:32 - Fermi paradox
3:07:52 - Cities
3:15:39 - Depression
3:18:14 - Writing
3:26:13 - Advice for young people
3:33:22 - Earth
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