How did life originate on Earth | Lee Cronin and Lex Fridman

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Lee Cronin is a chemist at the University of Glasgow.
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[@adaptiveaussie2216]

Absolutely mind boggling.

[@HelloMyNameIsZON3]

Intelligence is the universe trying to figure itself out

[@cariboulou3572]

You're not wrong

[@roccosage8508]

Great convo again Lex! If anyone is interested in an alternative view about the origin of life on earth I highly recommend reading “Man Being Volume 1: The Transmission”. Not like any book I’ve ever read.

[@Cryptotruckermike]

Top Tier interviews. Lex Fridman. Living Legend. 💯

[@Mark1Mach2]

Why?

[@MJDAS2001]

Life is the Universe developing a memory

[@bimjim2536]

In the beginning, there was only a single pizza pizza creamy garlic dipping sauce in the ocean. It drifted into a car battery and created Paul Anka. He floated onto his stomach and pooped out 3 small winged creatures. We’re all descendants of Paul Anka’s ass birds.

[@au1317]

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[@bimjim2536]

@@au1317 it’s simple really. Pizza pizza creamy garlic dipping sauce + car battery = Paul Anka. Paul Anka bird children + evolution = your whole family.

[@au1317]

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[@chriselson7413]

Excellent yet again, I'm no scientist but believe life is truly prolific in the grand scheme of things, look how hard it it to stop food going mouldy! It's like life just wants to love in any way possible, amazing 🤯❤💯

[@chriselson7413]

Sorry "live" not love 🙄

[@peacerespect98]

Origin of life on earth is till unknown! Life is a replication process.

[@Ryan-Horgan]

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” - Suzy Kassem

[@desertshadow6098]

We live in a universe that is composed of matter. We are made of the same stardust. Life in that setting is filled with continued life and death cycles. Imagine another universe that never vibrated at the right frequency to create matter and was composed of only energy. No destructive death cycle could produce a life force billions of years old. Looking forward to the data from the new James Webb telescope to identify the early universe to see what has been added since the beginning of this universe.

[@klwklw2583]

So you believe frequency had something to do with life and the creation of it. That means even if there was no life, memories couldn’t actually start or begin until the right frequency was produced. Is that correct? Interesting I like your explanation better and or should be added to Lexs

[@desertshadow6098]

@@klwklw2583 I subscribe to the string theory current hypothesis that everything matter related in the universe is actually vibrating stings that forms the particles. It suggests that all of these strings are tied other strings across the universe. Michio Kaku has written several papers and his most current book , The God Equation, presents a very readable account leading up to this theory. My personal belief is there are other types of universes that do not develop into matter and remain pure energy. I think this is what we are influenced by and what we perceive to be reality and free will are illusions. IMHO.🤔

[@klwklw2583]

@@desertshadow6098 very well thought out. What about quantum Universe’s. Do you think the pure energy within itself is a quantum universe giving life/vibration to a reality we perceive?

[@desertshadow6098]

@@klwklw2583 I believe that may be the case. We humans are so limited to what we perceive as potential life forms. Our limited senses have developed to navigate the tangible and relevant environment. But our ancestors since the beginning of time have held beliefs and experiences that suggest a higher existence. One of these beliefs that stuck with me for years is how the micro and the macro mirror each other. That was a wisdom circulating centuries before Bohr Einstein Born Schrodinger!

[@DartNoobo]

It just sort of popped up. And if you give Lee millions of dollars he can get you closer to understanding of this event. No answer, mind ýou, but you will get closer.

[@alevator606]

I mean, if you open the first page of one particular book, the answer’s right there

[@MasterRobinHood]

Almost every religious book claims it has that answer.

[@GlenWG1972]

@@MasterRobinHood We are not asking WHO did it, but how-

[@rogelioeckhardt3567]

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[@blobscott]

"Life is the Universe developing a memory." I don't know about that. Memory exists without life - I.e. There can be some state of non-living matter, which does not change for a period of time; and you can go back from the present and see what was recorded in this state - that persistent state across time, to my understanding, is memory and does not require life. That said, life (consciousness) may be required to ascribe "meaning" to the state of matter. But, what "meaning" actually is - a concrete definition that would help define/describe consciousness - I don't believe anyone really knows.

[@BootsMcGee3]

So chicken first?

[@davidhuns7545]

2:35 most likely underwater vents… air bubble cells.

[@davidhuns7545]

Don’t really need a sun… just warmth

[@B1u35ky]

It still took 2 billion years for life to start on Earth. Thats a while lol the entire universe is 14 billion years and Earth is 5.6 billion so 2 billion is SIGNIFICANT

[@topherthegopher1985]

Earth formed 4.5B years ago and life started 3.5B years ago... Also the conditions made it impossible for life during that 1st billion years. So, life appeared almost immediately once conditions were favorable. That's pretty quick.

[@BooshyBrows]

@@topherthegopher1985 not double checking your numbers but the margin of error allows for millions of years still. Not sure I'd call 1 million years "instant" 😄

[@2ndSprings]

Selection implies intelligence/mind. :-)

[@garyscoff2882]

If anyone says life came from non living material they must be mad

[@jozsefnemeth935]

Is this dadaist poetry? Why dont they address Dr James Tour's challenge instead?

[@BooshyBrows]

I'll save you 5 minutes - I did it, I made it all. God out.

[@ishwiz9227]

I can’t fathom that cheeky, bloody, brute accent.

[@benjbaird6851]

"Selection preceded biology." - Imagine not believing in God.

[@bigmike9898]

I think human life on earth was seeded from an advanced civilization coming from somewhere in our galaxy

[@coffeefish]

Oh yeah sure,,,we don't know anything about chemistry... Cells just came from sand.

[@fcweddington]

Sand turned into cells... Life happened fast... "I know it was simple." ... Where did the matter come from? Where did the elements come from? Where did the laws of the Universe come from? An accent really can make someone sound as if they know what they are talking about. We were designed. It's so obvious. The perfect distance from the sun, the tilt of axis, the orbit, gravity, the carbon cycle, the fact that appealing food comes right out of the earth, the conscience, consciousness, love, the human anatomy.... The fact I can eat something, my body picks out the nutrients and then craps out a turd. The turd can be absorbed by the earth... Incredible! Unbelievable how guests like this can spew such nonsense. Ridiculous.

[@Diallelus]

They don’t want to answer those questions.

[@professorpancakes6545]

It's not "obvious". You're just biased by your human perspective. Just because you can't comprehend anything else, does not mean your assumptions are true.

[@larrylucid5502]

@@professorpancakes6545 you mean the guy in the vid's assumptions ? I guess if you found an Iphone in the desert 100 years ago, and you didnt know what it was, you would assume that the wind assembled it. Legit.

[@tudortz44]

@@professorpancakes6545 Wow! "SIMPLE" - sand turns into cells :O . Thats deep! The odds for the 1st self-replicating cell to assemble itself from dust and wind are about 1 in 10^40000. You need a book just to write that number. Feynman, I think, made a statement, that the odds for abiogenesis are similar to a solar system filled with blind men, who all solve a rubick cube at the same instant. How about the biological imperatives, where did they come from? Cant wait to hear about the fraudulent Miller experiment.

[@professorpancakes6545]

@@larrylucid5502 Are sand dunes created by some intelligent designer when no one is looking, or are they formed by the wind?

[@JustinMetanoia]

Everything Came From God …..

[@UFO_PILOT]

Yeah, everything except the universe and reality.

[@drownword]

Gods are created when people lack understanding of something, or fear something they cant comprehend. its a very primitive way to reject anything that confuses your or makes you scared.

[@JustinMetanoia]

@@UFO_PILOT god created the universe lol

[@UFO_PILOT]

@@JustinMetanoia so then what created God?

[@JustinMetanoia]

@@UFO_PILOT Only Created Things Have A Creator . Nobody Created God . I Understand What You Trying Too Say Tho lol , You Thinking Way Too Deep 😂.

[@deptfakex7472]

More "Theoretics". Nothing ever proven.

[@craiggagliano7997]

Lex, I comment on nothing EVER. This entire premise is utterly foolish and devoid of any scientific rigour! You continue to have guests on talking about this topic, yet you won’t do 10 mins of research to realize everything they’re saying is baseless and foolish. Do some heavy (or even light) lifting on this topic. You can’t be a serious voice for scientific opinion by relying on this silliness.

[@Arkibus108]

Why don't you you inform us on some of the main points they get wrong?

[@craiggagliano7997]

@@Arkibus108 “Sand turned into cells”…”the whole premise of life happened relatively fast”…!!?? The shock of watching Lex to listen to this and even follow along and let this hit the airwaves is frightening. Literally a 5 min discussion would provide Lex some basic facts about cell constituents that finally open his eyes on this topic and have him address some of the real points of intrigue here. Listening to Cronin is equal to watching a Disney story. Embarrassingly foolish. Which is disappointing, because THIS topic truly requires some vigorous discussion.