Origins of Evolution Itself - Dr. Michael Lachmann, SFI, DSPod #296

Today we're digging into the deep and often overlooked
connections between neodarwinian evolution, life’s origins, and
the evolution of non-living systems. We're guided by Dr. Michael
Lachmann of the Santa Fe Institute, who investigates how life may
have begun as a more generalized cosmic selection process, with
planetary conditions shaping its emergence and survival. Through
discussions of thermodynamics, functional information, and
entropy, we examine whether life might be present in forms beyond
Earth’s biology - and how'd know what to look for. In the end,
this discussion swirls around what it means to be “alive” and how
we can narrow boundaries of "life" to get closer to a true
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Go! (00:07:08) Defining Life and Functional Information
(00:17:13) Selection in Planetary Systems (00:24:02) Complexity
and the Threshold of Life (00:30:24) Defining the Threshold of
Life (00:36:01) Life’s Emergence and Definitions (00:45:18)
Rethinking Universal Timelines (00:51:05) Eternal Existence and
Origin Concepts (01:00:23) Emerging Microbial Life (01:07:25)
Stars and Large-Scale Life (01:19:59) Distinction Between Life
and Alive (01:25:00) Characteristics of Life Without Complex
Parameters (01:31:05) Artificial Life and Consciousness
(01:41:43) Distinguishing Life and Artificial Life (01:54:50)
Human Purpose and Cooperation (02:00:03) Understanding AI and
Human Systems (02:09:44) Scientific Understanding and Cultural
Narratives (02:15:03) Happiness, Evolution, and Societal
Constraints (02:21:43) The Quest to Understand Life #Evolution,
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