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271 - Sara Imari Walker & Lee Cronin: Quantum Physics, Time, and the Origin of Life

271 - Sara Imari Walker & Lee Cronin: Quantum Physics, Time, and the Origin of Life

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Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space
Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy
Director of the Beyond Center. Sara is an astrobiologist and
theoretical physicist, with research interests in
the origins of life, artificial life, life and detection on
other worlds. Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the
University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the
digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alien life, and the
creation of artificial life. In this episode, Robinson, Sara, and
Lee discuss the relationship between philosophy and science,
quantum physics, time, determinism, AI, and the origin of Life.

Life as No One Knows It: https://a.co/d/2fdKa2e

Lee’s Website: https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/

Lee’s Twitter: https://x.com/leecronin

OUTLINE

00:00 Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Philosophy

07:57 Philosophy and Science

20:58 Is Time an Object?

30:00 More on Time

44:38 On Time and Entropy

51:13 Is the Universe Deterministic?

01:08:54 What’s Wrong with Quantum Physics?

01:17:08 Contingency, Selection, and Evolution

01:29:05 Scientific Temperament

01:44:18 Do We Experience ChatGPT as Human?

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD
candidate in the Law School.