Chemistry of life and death | Nick Lane | Reason with Science | Origin of life | Biochemistry

[@bobkoure]

Thanks so much for this! For those unaware, Reason With Science also has an audio podcast. My first exposure to this interview was via that. Many of us have more time hands/eyes busy (e.g. commuting) than time we can sit still and watch a video. I found the RWS audio podcast via a link on Nick's page. That mentioned, do *not* miss the interview with both Nick and Michael Levin.

[@grbradsk]

Nick is such a clear thinker. So nice listening to him.

[@rl7012]

Clear as mud

[@miragella3713]

I really enjoyed this interview, because you allowed your guest to speak freely until the end, without interrupting or turning conversation elsewhere. This in turn allowed me to get the most out of what Nick had to say. I got what I came for. Thank you!

[@stephenarmiger8343]

I don’t know how you get such guests. I imagine that it is some combination of your personality and the willingness of the guests. What a treasure for all of us!

[@ReasonwithScience]

Thank you Stephen. People are indeed very kind :)

[@dzoyo9076]

Great to listen ! another 2 hours well spent.

[@rl7012]

If you like science fiction

[@SG-lighthouse]

Nick lane and Adam Rutherford are the two reasons I got back interested in biology

[@collinswesonga4740]

thanks for your efforts in making this videos

[@kdaustin]

Such an insightful interview! Thanks for sharing! Dr. Lane is one of the best biochemist I've come across 🙌

[@rl7012]

Then you have lived a sheltered life

[@zobko]

Profoundly interesting, thank you for sharing ❤️

[@ReasonwithScience]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[@rl7012]

@@ReasonwithScience Didn't really answer much though. Plenty of word salads and real question dodging.

[@hectorbacchus]

The idea that membranes are derived directly from the previous membrane and not at all from dna is amazing!

[@TheoriesofEverything]

Keep at it, friend.

[@ReasonwithScience]

Thanks Curt :)

[@glenliesegang233]

Does he ever discuss how the complex beyond complex information appeared?

[@rl7012]

Nope he dodges all the real questions and real explanations or he tries to make out that the question itself is wrong.

[@mylittleelectron6606]

If such a question were asked, I'm guessing Dr Lane would have responded something like, "what do you mean by complex information?"" And why would life require "complex" information to suddenly appear in the first place? Describing the static on the screen of an analog television would require a lot of information, and it would be pretty complex as well. What does that prove?

[@S.G.Wallner]

Excellent hosting.

[@Elephantine999]

Nick Lane is so personable that one can occasionally lose sight of his amazing intellect and depth of knowledge. He is such a remarkable thinker, talker, and writer. (Try "The Vital Question" and his other books if you enjoyed this wonderful conversation.)

[@rl7012]

He is not that intelligent if he believes that life was made when deep sea vents somehow caused hydrogen and co2 to react with each other and then POOF... there was life.

[@Raydensheraj]

He is gifted as a science communicator....I owe about 400-500 books about evolutionary biology/Abiogenesis/Geology/Paleontology etc.... The Vital Question is definitely top ten material....a fantastic book. The only book in its niche that I enjoyed as much was Christian DeDuve's "Vital Dust." I also read Lane's "Life Ascending: The Ten great inventions of Evolution" which does a great job explaining some fundamental discoveries....his writing is clear and you can tell he loves his work.

[@rl7012]

@@Raydensheraj It is fiction. It is not science. Nothing is explained scientifically. It is story, plus a bit of science, add in confirmation bias indoctrination of the reader it looks plausible. But it is fiction. Fake man made fiction sprinkled with science facts so it looks plausible. It is bs.

[@RodSciFi]

Could you list the rest your top 10 please?

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It was great to hear the thinkers of science speak

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Amazing & great work spreading knowledge ❤️🙂

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That's such a mind-blowing project.this is very helpful video for me.thank you for this.

[@gauravrampal9879]

Thank you jitinder-ji. Mazaa aah Gaya.

[@aqsaramzan3494]

Very vocal person.describe life and it's chemistry very intellectual manners.

[@letgopazar606]

Thank you for the very explanatory video.

[@luckytonmusungu]

I really appreciate for the share

[@opoorgang2769]

Great interview Thank you ❤ Nice

[@Blinful]

I like how people throw in ‘information’ in as if it explains anything. Information is just as inexplicable as life. Explaining one vague concept by introducing another vague concept is a non-explanation, it’s just pushing the mystery deeper into another concept.

[@Raydensheraj]

The book "Scientist confront Intelligent Design and Creationism 2nd edition" edited by Andrew J.Petto.& Laurie R.Godfrey completely demolishes these idiotic 'iNfOrMAtIoN" mumbo jumbo these Religious preachers abuse for their propaganda.

[@rl7012]

@@Raydensheraj No it doesn't. What do you consider the best argument in that book then?

[@bobkoure]

Without 'information', how is evolution possible? There certainly *is* mystery around how it came to be. The 'metabolism first' theory on the very beginnings of life covers how it might have bootstrapped - after all, having the ability to store some information means adaptation via random change winnowed by selection pressure conveys an advantage - what we now call 'evolution'. Lane does touch on this in one of his books, probably 'Transformer', where the focus is more on mitochondrial endosymbiosis - but I'm not really sure which one; he hs a similar (and quite entertaining) authorial 'voice' in all of them. EDIT: I juist realized that having issues with informtion is code for creationism. If that's your point, you're attempting to preach to the wrong choir (see what I did there?)

[@anilaarshad9969]

V. Informative video

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I like this topic "life". Very interesting.

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[@arleycediel1992]

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[@gauravrampal9879]

Did Nick say that "we don't know enough about the structure of water"? Is there more information on this point?

[@ReasonwithScience]

Hey Gaurav, can you please tag the time when it was mentioned in the conversation?

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[@glenliesegang233]

Life is the way it is because its programming enables it to be.

[@rl7012]

How did the programming happen?

[@peouspaul1258]

Aging and diseases related to high cholesterol, lack of nutrition, inflamation by neu5gc from mammal meat and milk ..

[@spatrk6634]

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[@helicalactual]

Life "==" intentful effect/affect on systems, by an entangled system.

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[@RandomNooby]

We are but biofuel for the industrial research machine known as Earth, as it blindly trial and errors its way to a solution for cosmic heat death.😆

[@rl7012]

17.09. Nick 'We could strip Co2 out of the air and turn it into something useful, organic molecules'. On prebiotic earth, how can Co2 be stripped from the atmosphere if no plant life yet exists? And how does stripping co2 from the air make organic molecules on prebiotic earth??? Which organic molecules does it make? What a load of shit you talk Nick.

[@zorbys1]

Kumar you talk too much

[@ReasonwithScience]

Haha, sorry. Could be my excitement in that conversation!

[@rl7012]

Origin of life researcher says 'What is life?' is the wrong question. No it is not Nick, just cos you can't answer a basic question doesn't mean the question. is wrong, it means you are clueless and are talking about things you know nothing of real substance about.

[@peterb2272]

So who do you propose who can better discuss what is life who is not clueless and does know what they are talking about?

[@rl7012]

@@peterb2272 Did you read what I wrote. NL doesn't answer the question, his 'answer' is that the question itself is wrong. This is supreme dodging of the most slippery kind. I would love an OoL to actually address the question but they do not. Go and and ask your little hero Nick Lane why does he avoid all the important OoL questions or changes them and then gives zero real answers but plenty of word salads. Go on ask him rather than have a go at me for pointing out the obvious.

[@peterb2272]

@@rl7012 well obviously he is the wrong person to ask. So who's is the right person to ask?

[@rl7012]

@@peterb2272 You are contradicting yourself. It is his job to know this stuff. This is his job. He is the right person to ask but he knows zilch. He just doles out misdirection and word salads.

[@peterb2272]

Ah, so you don't know of anyone who can answer the questions any better? You are just complaining that he is not answering in a way that you like. Ok then.

[@arleycediel1992]

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