Lee Cronin is a chemist at University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

– NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex (http://netsuite.com/lex) to get free product tour

– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex (https://betterhelp.com/lex) to get 10% off

– Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex (https://shopify.com/lex) to get $1 per month trial

– Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex (https://www.eightsleep.com/lex) to get special savings

– AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex (https://drinkag1.com/lex) to get 1 month supply of fish oil

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/lee-cronin-3-transcript (https://lexfridman.com/lee-cronin-3-transcript)

EPISODE LINKS:

Lee’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecronin (https://twitter.com/leecronin)

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

Nature Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9)

Chemify’s Website: https://chemify.io (https://chemify.io)

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast (https://lexfridman.com/podcast)

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr (https://apple.co/2lwqZIr)

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 (https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8)

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ (https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/)

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman (https://youtube.com/lexfridman)

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips (https://youtube.com/lexclips)

SUPPORT & CONNECT:

– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast

– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman (https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman)

– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman (https://twitter.com/lexfridman)

– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman (https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman)

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman)

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman (https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman)

– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman (https://medium.com/@lexfridman)

OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) – Introduction

(09:37) – Assembly theory paper

(30:06) – Assembly equation

(43:19) – Discovering alien life

(1:01:38) – Evolution of life on Earth

(1:09:34) – Response to criticism

(1:27:12) – Kolmogorov complexity

(1:39:02) – Nature review process

(1:59:56) – Time and free will

(2:06:21) – Communication with aliens

(2:28:19) – Cellular automata

(2:32:48) – AGI

(2:49:36) – Nuclear weapons

(2:55:22) – Chem Machina

(3:08:16) – GPT for electron density

(3:17:46) – God