Do you think life is a purely chemical process, or could it be the result of deeper physical laws that apply universally, even to potential life forms we haven’t yet imagined?
@nicolediaperbottomАй бұрын
Id think at least in the universe as we know it, life would be all chemical. If other more fundamental processes started producing life, wouldn't that just end up being chemistry? I'ma watch the episode now and see how that changed my mind 👍
@AnmolMishra946Ай бұрын
According to Hinduism, The creation process is cyclical, with the universe undergoing endless cycles of creation(Brahma), preservation(Vishnu), and destruction(Shiva), known as "samsara". For example the creation of dinosaurs to their destruction and new life emerging then to the ice age and repeat. This cyclical view reflects the Hindu belief that life, time, and creation are eternal processes that continue without a final beginning or end. All this was written around 1500-2000BCE
@wadehines9971Ай бұрын
It's a chemical process and we don't want to backdoor in some new version of vitalism. It's far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics with some fascinating kinetic hypercycles.
@chassan10Ай бұрын
Life is an anomaly, an accident. We are nothing but a byproduct of entropy. We currently exist because the universe allows it, and we will eventually end because the universe demands it. Yes, I know I just paraphrased the Reapers in Mass Effect, but they do present a valid perspective on the nature of existence.
@writerseyeАй бұрын
I believe when we are advanced enough as a species, we will know. Until then, it will remain a mystery. Thought is fine for conjecture. But knowing removes all doubt.
@tasiaterrell561Ай бұрын
I love that we get to observe Chuck getting more and more knowledgeable as the series goes on. If any celebrity deserves an honorary degree, it’s Chuck.
@niravparmar7856Ай бұрын
also cristopher nolan
@urduibАй бұрын
Yeah he really grown over the years.
@hmmmmmmyou5046Ай бұрын
Do you make this on every video lol
@patrickjordan2233Ай бұрын
I enjoy Chuck's curiosity and moments of epiphany insight....
@tasiaterrell561Ай бұрын
@@hmmmmmmyou5046 I’ve only ever commented on one other post about something completely different 🤷🏽♀️ I’m sure other people have noticed because it’s really great to see.
@CenturianarvАй бұрын
She's so efficient. She talks really quick and we get so much information in the shortest time
@CheeseWyrm29 күн бұрын
Yes, that was something I greatly enjoyed too
@huehuecoyotl221 күн бұрын
Noticed that as well, and we have Neil to unpackage the condensed information or at least read the label on the package for us when necessary.
@budgetcardboardopenings328316 күн бұрын
Agreed!
@rosshopkins206315 күн бұрын
Shes speaking con artist. Shes like theres no definition of life (me using a non living thing to communicate this) and then just goes woah natural selection with different words....woaahhh im different
@CharlesSagan113 күн бұрын
@@rosshopkins2063there Is no definition of Life. There Is Life that We Know of. That’s not a definition of Life, it’s identification. Life Is about Experiencing Existence. By defining “Life” you are beginning with an immediate restriction on what Is not Life. And, for All intents and purposes, there Is no Human Being that has the Right to define what Is, and Is not, Life. Even if Humans did have that Right, the arrogance It would take to invoke such a Right would make such a definition redundant. For All You Know the Clouds Above Your Head Are Living Computers that Store Human History. The Individual Photons Glowing around Us-All Are Alive. The Oxygen You Breathe Is Alive. You could not even speak without the Air in Your Lungs. Never mind Exist as Life. Since you believe you can define Life, would you include Oxygen as Life? Worth Thinking about that next Time you have shortness of Breath. You Might end up left in a room void of O2, as It Communicates to the rest of the Atmosphere to take over and surround your environment, until you are no longer considered “Life”.
@dabunnisher29Ай бұрын
I really like Chuck's questions. He may pretend to be just a comedian (and a funny one at that), but I think he asks really good targeted questions. Questions that a lot of us viewers want to ask as well.
@chrism.1131Ай бұрын
Are Neil and Chuck partners?
@mikeuk666Ай бұрын
@chrism.1131 🤦♂️
@beau-urnsАй бұрын
He’s also seen monumental growth since starting the show. He’s obviously always been quite sharp intelligent, but you can see that all of these concepts and ideas are now swirling around his mind and he’s able to ask very targeted and interesting questions on every single episode
@dabunnisher29Ай бұрын
@@chrism.1131 If you mean partners in a super awesome channel that makes you think...... yes.
@normanwolfe7639Ай бұрын
Neil writes them out for him and Chuck is an amazing actor to act like he thought of it. Kidding. He is definitely getting super skilled in his ability to listen and ask great questions with this dummy listener in mind. Thanks Chuck
@Ben-KenАй бұрын
I love how Niel is always ready to interject and explain uncommon jargon so that non-scientists like myself can follow the conversation.
@hunterdavies235419 күн бұрын
I hate that most of the time, let the guest speak. Both hosts can use this advice.
@Ben-Ken19 күн бұрын
@hunterdavies2354 you probably understand most of the scientific terms already but the show is designed to bring science to the average person. Otherwise, it would be watched by mostly deep science nerds the way political wonks watch C-SPAN.
@latashastrahan429711 күн бұрын
I appreciate his explanatory interruptions. Otherwise, I (and countless others) would be lost as she gallops on toward more information, leaving the audience behind. That would absolutely defeat the point of the video. @hunterdavies2354
@latashastrahan429711 күн бұрын
I 200% agree! 😊
@jinzoogenАй бұрын
This was such a great interview. I love that this stuff is available on KZbin. Hooray for giving smart people microphones.
@ruimarcellino24Ай бұрын
PLEASE HAVE HER ON AGAIN!!!!!!!!
@PolarisClubfan28 күн бұрын
Hold your horses
@ariahaneulАй бұрын
Sara is a great communicator, I really enjoyed this episode. Chuck also asked some great questions!
@vincentzimmerman2011Ай бұрын
Chuck always asks great questions. Sometimes he asks questions I haven't thought of.
@trashthugАй бұрын
I agree, but that yes yes yes yes yes was starting to get annoying lol
@aditya.sedhaiАй бұрын
I loved how she began. Life is much more bigger than us and a mystery. Hard to find people thinking out d boxers.
@wjrasmussen666Ай бұрын
She is great
@kendricrautomusprimeАй бұрын
I know right.
@TrapistoАй бұрын
I rarely chime in, but tonight I felt the urge to express my very own personal experience: This episode easily clocks in at top 15, both for topic, pace and new perspectives. Amazing guest, I look forward to updates as Sarahs work progresses. And both Neil and Chuck were pretty much flawlessly on point and at the same time entertaining throughout. Inspirational! Another reward for following Startalk, and one of those gems that make me always come back for more. Thanks!
@Tuti23-yt1vw29 күн бұрын
Lets give this boi 69 likes
@youremail328519 күн бұрын
@@Tuti23-yt1vw thanks Tuti for bringing everyone's IQ down by 17 points!
@philjameson29211 күн бұрын
Sara and Lee Cronin have had interviews with Lex Fridman that I would really recommend
@BillyP1310 күн бұрын
👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
@mrhoneycutter19 күн бұрын
Sarah is incredible, she’s an excellent communicator and clearly a brilliant scientific mind. Not to mention, she’s got a great personality for this kind of talking/explainer format. Please have her on again, great episode!
@claude_in_Cincinnati16 сағат бұрын
And let's not deny that she's also a total babe! I hope that she's into males because the prospect of having such an awesome woman to spend your life with is some true inspiration for me in my life! I think I'd talk shop with her while he did it. LOL. I'd get off so much more listening to her say smart stuff. hahaha. No joke.
@CaptPhiIАй бұрын
I ended up watching this twice! Sara had such intriguing, insightful, and quick answers to every question. This episode is in the top 5 for me for sure!
@montewilson9567Ай бұрын
I like when someone says something that looks like Neil doesn't understand but then he repeats what they said in his own words with perfect understanding. lol
@an0mndrАй бұрын
That's how you know he's a teacher.
@hubertzimnicki1770Ай бұрын
His insights might somewhat differ from mine, yet I appreciate how deep his understanding goes; thanks to his descripcions, her words become understandable to a mere mortal.
@KviaMUSICАй бұрын
I do the same actually. Its the best way for me to unpack information and sort of explain it to my self in real time. If you can repeat something in your own words it probably means that you understand it.
@nomfundosinomfundo9118Ай бұрын
Wow I've noticed that about him, and his words accommodate everyone ( in layman's terms I must say) ❤
@TeleriumD12Ай бұрын
That's the whole point of this program and having Chuck on. If the guests'understamtingnis 3 theirs above yours, Neil is the teacher who makes it understandable, and Chuck is the buddy who translates and applies it in life terms you can understand. It's a steppe system. They use alot of cooking metaphors, I noticed
@kpw84u2Ай бұрын
Wow! Chuck posed an excellent question about spontaneity and selection... he has definitely gotten leaps and bounds better at the sciences than when he initially jumped aboard.
@TomiTapioАй бұрын
Chuck's brain has absorbed many "tools of thinking".
@willie417Ай бұрын
I see Lord Nice sitting there listening, analyzing what he’s hearing in real time, the look on his face when every thing comes together is priceless. He’s seems amazed that he is really understanding this stuff.
@HEL1X-SPACE21 күн бұрын
Everything about this episode makes me feel joyous, alive, and hopeful for humanity. Not because of the possibilities of finding alien life, redefining things we knew, or leaving the planet (I'd like a trip out to see but don't wanna move). It's because of the way these three humans communicated with each other and inspire each other. It's also been a long time since I've heard something new that is so logically intriguing.
@profdmirandaАй бұрын
I love how Chuck have learned some much in all his years working with Dr. Tyson. Not only what he has received as information but the way he formulates the questions now is done in a more informed manner than before. Way to go, lord Nice.
@mickeybrumfield764Ай бұрын
She is a great advocate for thinking out of the box.
@nottheone582Ай бұрын
Or outside the tesseract 😂😂
@awebuser5914Ай бұрын
There's a fine line between: "Thinking outside the box" and pointless conjecture. She heavily leans into the latter with nonsensical disagreements about thermodynamics. It's a lot like (the badly named) String Theory, a proposition that is basically untestable and is really just a *completely speculative* framework of an attempt to form a "Theory of Everything".
@ChiangKaiSheksBrotherАй бұрын
Idk how much she was disagreeing with thermodynamics writ large. She was merely stating that the second law is a statistical statement (which is absolutely true) and that it’s worth questioning whether a deterministic analogue exists that would help round out the theory.
@canonalerАй бұрын
And somehow I'm left think about her box everytime she speaks smh....
@rRekkoАй бұрын
@@canonaler the thing about thinking outside the box is you need to let people think outside the box you got yourself into and learn from their points of view as well. Which she fails yo do, as she's encased in this crazy set of ideas with no base or evidence.
@peglegjim57Ай бұрын
Star Talk has, hands down, the most bass-assed guests, ever. What reels me in, tho, is CHUCK. I’m an old tradesman, and Chuck reels it back when necessary, to make the subject palatable to ME! Thanx, Chuck. 😎
@jonh279817 күн бұрын
It's no joe rogan podcast
@zachschmidt8790Ай бұрын
The guests are always brilliant but I have to say Sara has an additional level of *cleverness* that is so great to hear in this, I want her and chuck to have a podcast together now
@PhrenotopiaАй бұрын
Chuck may not be a scientist by profession, but I am mind blown by some of his questions and remarks. Being a comedian is underrated, because it actually requires a lot of quick wit and intelligence, so it makes sense that Chuck is sharp as a knife like that. Now of course most impressive is the work and theories that Dr Walker is walking us through. I think we will get some answers in most of our lifetimes with people like these at the forefront!
@blueeyeadonishawke2020Ай бұрын
She is one of my favorite guests this show has ever had. Great subject matter and a personality that melded with Chuck and Neil's. Now, I want to get her book :) Great episode!
@rohitdeb6664Ай бұрын
One of those episodes where I have to first play back several minutes to stop my brain from melting, and by the time the show is over end up wondering why no one thought to think this way before. Definitely expanded my mind! And I'll be buying a copy of the book.
@drup2013Ай бұрын
You and I both 🤣🤣🤣
@InnercityoutdoorsmanАй бұрын
Ohhh im loving this 😊😊
@TomiTapioАй бұрын
#TimelineOfMankind project book/spreadsheet/database is free 😎 List of what when where. 660 pages, 13 words per entry
@codanielАй бұрын
I'm just worried that if Lord Nice learns too much science it may start his super villain arc
@BL.DBL-UАй бұрын
Ha!
@Bluebloods7Ай бұрын
Has become....Dr. Not so Nice!
@tach5884Ай бұрын
And team up with Kyle Hill?
@Oceans305Ай бұрын
Good one
@DarkmountaindwellerАй бұрын
Doctor Nice is a good villain name 😂
@markl3893Ай бұрын
Lord Nice - Don't sell yourself short. I've been studying comedians around the world and they are much more complex than most people give them credit for.
@AmandaComeauCreatesАй бұрын
It's hard to be funny without being smart
@ardidsonriente222312 күн бұрын
Chuck and Neil are fantastic, as always. Sara is pure delight, so clear and deeply wise and totally unapologetic for being smart. It is so rare to see people who can be both truly intelligent and also brave enough to not get traped in their own knowledge. A beautiful tesseract of a chapter, one of the best in the series till now.
@royalconquest706Ай бұрын
NEIL, YOU ARE THE MAN. IM FROM THE PROJECTS IN PHILLY AND YOU'VE TAUGHT ME MORE THAN MY SCHOOLING, AND IM 42. 🤷🏿♂️
@jaerogothАй бұрын
9:05 gotta love how she explained a complex molecule and they both had the "wtf did we just hear" look on their faces.
@rrj606815 күн бұрын
For sure .......
@bradleyfitzik2447Ай бұрын
Sara is awesome! I love the way she thinks about things. I could talk to her about these topics for an entire lifetime
@AllYourMemeAreBelongToUsАй бұрын
27:27 “We have predicted that there should be a threshold above which only molecules produced by life should reside and we’ve tested that experimentally.”
@wtfyoshipwns17 күн бұрын
Lego turtles
@Gotlyfe2 күн бұрын
The bounds of these tests are all tiny to say anything definitive. 200 million years and a lot of luck across the surface of the planet, but they couldn't get anything more complex in a few years of testing in palm sized containers, so ofc there must be a 'guiding force'...
@julioivansalazar98539 күн бұрын
Researchers have demonstrated that Assembly Theory (AT) is equivalent to existing work like Shannon entropy and LZ compression, without proper citation. AT is also a weaker version of these established concepts. More recently, Dr. Hector Zenil's review of Sara Walker's book "The Physics of Life's Emergence" (published on Medium and titled: "Book Review: Life As No One Knows It by Sara Imari Walker") reveals it as largely promoting AT, a disproven hypothesis based on chemist Leroy Cronin's ideas. The book misrepresents prior work, misunderstands fundamental concepts, and presents flawed ideas as revolutionary, ultimately a self-promotion exercise rather than a substantive scholarly contribution. Academic publications include a paper in npj Systems Biology and Applications: "On the salient limitations of the methods of assembly theory and their classification of molecular biosignatures" and another in the PLOS complex systems: "Assembly Theory is a weak version of algorithmic complexity based on LZ compression that does not explain or quantify selection or evolution".
@Srsbzns_515020 күн бұрын
Neil's mind is blown 🤯 It's a beautiful thing.
@BennyLovesMJАй бұрын
42:05 I've been saying this for YEARS! I'm so glad someone who's actually smart is saying this now!
@mikasanuАй бұрын
Sarah’s work is awesome and it was one of the most interesting episodes so far. And btw it’s astonishing how much our comedian has developed. Or should we say it’s an evolution 😂
@warrencochrane5155Ай бұрын
I loved this episode!! Get her back on
@theswivАй бұрын
💯
@theswivАй бұрын
💯
@SpaghettiPlays23 күн бұрын
Wow lowkey im so blown away at my ability to make logical connections from things i know and what they discuss (things i dont know) and understand the point everyone's trying to make. And I think one primary reason for that is everyone's such an effective communicator of ideas. I'm so hooked!
@biedl8621 күн бұрын
She is awesome. I've seen a talk of her's, and she is absolutely intelligent and very well educated. She confused one of the people in her audience during the QnA, because she talked about a philosophical concept the guy couldn't grasp. Glad to being able to listen to her again.
@TheOldHippiebillyАй бұрын
As I listen to StarTalk more & more, I feel myself (along with Chuck) getting smarter & smarter. The difference is that Chuck seems to be getting a lot smarter a lot faster than I am. But I'm 65, so I guess my brain isn't as elastic as it used to be.
@RandersonwoodАй бұрын
Sara reminds me of the grownup version of the 10 year-old girl genius on Young Sheldon. They could be sisters they look so alike! Great episode, as always - I was clinging onto every word. Can’t wait until I can responsibly afford to be a Patreon - this podcast is number one on my wish list!! ✨🤩✨
@jeffs6090Ай бұрын
Mckenna Grace! She is an amazing actor!! I love watching anything she is in, especially the ones where she plays an intelligent kid. Gifted was a great movie.
@RandersonwoodАй бұрын
@@jeffs6090Yes! I’ll check it out. I’m toward the end of season two of Young Sheldon - I turned it on casually for background noise and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite shows. The writing and casting, the deadpan comedy - it’s brilliant. I don’t ever want it to end!!! 😅
@B-NiceАй бұрын
Sara and Lee's approach to 'life' is fascinatingly beautiful 🧬
@YogsothosАй бұрын
The half empty half full thoughts Neil expressed is exactly how I have looked at it most of my life. It is so satisfying to hear it come from an intelligent person like this awesome man. Validation is rewarding.
@UrbanAnalogАй бұрын
I love how this blows my mind. I leave these posts in a daze and I love it
@cognitiveinstinct2929Ай бұрын
Definitely one of the most interesting guests yet. Going to look up her work.
@harrymayor5428Ай бұрын
You spelled skirt wrong.
@RizzyWithDaMixАй бұрын
I just started watching these about 2 months ago and I feel like these videos should be longer than a hour
@jodecirios10417 күн бұрын
We're all thirsty 😂😂😂
@kevinlyles3355Ай бұрын
Fabulous guest and enlightening discussion, thank you!
@_Mute_Ай бұрын
44:39 "are you alive in a simulation?" Her argument is no because as far as we can tell you need a physical subtrate to run the simulation on. But i think this falls apart when looking at our own subjective experience or our "consciousness". Our consciousness runs on a substrate (the brain) but our experience is not aware of the brain. We onky know the brain is there because we've been able to take other brains apart and study them. If the universe runs on a subtrate we would never know unless we would be able to view another universe from the outside and pick it apart. *shrug*
@CheeseWyrm29 күн бұрын
Interesting... Yeah, if the substrate can only be detected from external observation of the simulation, then ipso facto we - being within the sim - can neither prove nor disprove its existence. Have I thought logically here?
@ben00122 күн бұрын
@@CheeseWyrmYeah I wonder if the individual neurons inside our brain were intelligent and conscious, whether they would be able to determine that they were in a brain. I think they would if they could learn enough about the internal structure and biology. Similarly, I hope that drilling down into fundamental physics would also provide that insight for us
@ahmedwaly907313 күн бұрын
it's very important to involve Chuck because he represents us as "non experts", he asks very important questions that make the subject easy for us to understand, amazing.
@KirkpatrickSoundsАй бұрын
I'm about 60% of the way through Sara's book so this is fantastic. Thanks!
@antonnymus3499Ай бұрын
So it's more like 10% and you will never reach 50 ;)
@mikeuk666Ай бұрын
@@antonnymus3499 🤦♀️
@ellie8272Ай бұрын
Do you recommend it?
@KirkpatrickSoundsАй бұрын
100% if you're interested in this topic - there's also an audiobook narrated by Sara herself @@ellie8272
@ricomon35Ай бұрын
@@antonnymus3499 - Congratulations, you win the award for "most obscure comment that only the author understands"
@douglasalexander3218Ай бұрын
Love this talk. Sarah is awesome.
@BobFJАй бұрын
Walker has a brilliant mind. Not all of us understand all the complexity of her work. Great interview and there is hope for humanity.
@kishacooper667029 күн бұрын
This is easily one of my most favorite episodes. I found myself listening, rewinding, and listening again to take it all in. Absolute mind-blowing discussion. I hope Sarah is a guest again soon!
@jimmirowАй бұрын
This was refreshing! Top notch. These two here and their guest at their best. Thanks guys!
@LanceCarrera9Ай бұрын
one of the more interesting ones. very good to think about.
@Dirty__DanАй бұрын
Chuck was in top form today, loved it.
@finesssssssАй бұрын
Such a nice thoughtful episode. The 3 hosts of this show are a perfect combo, bringing in different perspectives on this conversation.
@MasterElementsАй бұрын
Sara - "THIS PRIMORDIAL SOUP IS FOOKING RAW!"
@coffeeguydАй бұрын
Such a fascinating episode! Thanks for the work everyone involved does!
@alwaysbroke6533Ай бұрын
OH MY GOD!! I just heard Neil Degrasse Tyson say something I got torn apart on the "ask science" reddit forum! The whole "Theory vs Hypothesis" question. I asked why so many theories seem more like hypotheses, and I got downvoted and was told "a theory is a mathematical model in physics, it doesn't need to be supported by observable evidence." From what just watched sounds like Neil agrees more with me?
@gregrice1354Ай бұрын
Yes. It can be difficult to deal with the many emotional barriers of preconceptions and the religion of scientism that many people must work through, before one can deal openly, honestly with science. Key example of this is the scientism bias of Richard Dawkins, as he denies the fact that there is no credible, plausible Materialist explanation for the origin of life - of any kind - on Earth, in the time frames its evident presence presents. Yet Dawkins clearly has his bias as key support in his non-theistic crusade, despite the failures of his suggested explanatory models.
@triftex8353Ай бұрын
Chuck really puts attention and retains a lot of information. His questions have evolved a LOT from the first episodes to now. He is a great asker.
@leoraygoza1111Ай бұрын
Such a fascinating conversation wow mind blowing this lady is a genius thinking outside the box
@myersred8Ай бұрын
My new compliment I am going to give people "That is very assembly theoretic and very evolved!" (42:42)
@marm8226Ай бұрын
Most important question for me (who didn't watch the whole video YET): Neil, is this your longboard i can see just behind you? I think the questions that will arise on this topic, will be answered by Sarah ;) Thank you for this show, that makes sience approachable for people like me, who didn't study physics (biology/chemistry are based on physics as well xD). Another question just came up 8 minutes into the video - Life creates complex structures and evolution... would that imply, that the universe itself is a living "organism"? It evolved from pure energy into the most complex structures we now, if we zoom out a lot, or am I totally wrong? Clearly molecules are rly small but what about not taking our human view/frame on our surroundings and just take the "godly" view like a human that can see the universe and doesn't care about timespans of centuries and millenia? This is not a debate about the existence of god or any religous topic but just the persepctive, because we often tend to not see things we are not used to. Love your presentation/show and topics Chuck and Neil
@vibehighestАй бұрын
LORD NICE, at 41:17 you are spitting gold homie, make a movie script LFGGG
@emilioortega8881Ай бұрын
💯 so many movie ideas have popped up in my head while watching Star Talk.
@kamuroshow4884Ай бұрын
Wow, she is really intelligent AND able to get her message through in plain language! Invite her more often Niel & Chuck! Very interesting
@JasonHissongАй бұрын
Excellent presentation. Sarah was able to clearly explain the theory and was fascinating! I ordered her book.
@kariannecrysler640Ай бұрын
Love your guest and her brilliant ideas! 💯💗
@CommanderdMtllcaАй бұрын
@1:33 Lord Nice really making me google "mellifluous" lol
@SirCharles12357Ай бұрын
Lol, now you made me google it!
@wezingoma9751Ай бұрын
"(of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear"
@michaelpatterson5151Ай бұрын
I wish I could like this again.
@Loliemess4u29 күн бұрын
I never thought I could wrap my head around this stuff, but as I listen in to these shows it starts to click. Amazing to think through the possibilities understanding that we are only constrained by our currently experiences and knowledge. Wow, just wow!
@onetribezen3945Ай бұрын
Thank you for talking about entropy! I've disagreed with the second law of thermodynamics for decades but never had the education, concepts and vocabulary to articulate why. Thank you Sara Imari!
@StevenRoemermanАй бұрын
I've read her book, it's fantastic.
@patrickjordan2233Ай бұрын
Cool! I'll have to pick it up...
@williamhurley5496Ай бұрын
Just ordered it
@tN0ableАй бұрын
Finally she is on Startalk!
@Adam-tp8py25 күн бұрын
Been a fan of Sara since her first appearance on Lex many years ago. She presents the most coherent answer to life that I have ever heard. Nothing strikes my intuition in the same way.
@davidderricott3968Ай бұрын
I was just listening today to Sara Walker on another podcast and thought, She needs to be on StarTalk. So glad to open the browser tonight and see it came true.
@788home20 күн бұрын
A few years ago, in a discussion about "detecting life" (at Caltech)... It suddenly occurred to me, that since "Entropy always increases..." That wherever entropy decreases, "life is present". Your presentation seems consistent with this, and suggests that even star and planetary formation suggests the presence of life.
@hrgweaАй бұрын
39:54 That's a conceptual error. Intelligence is a capability, whereas living organisms are objects. The conceptually correct way to put it is to say that intelligence is a feature of life, not that it IS life.
@spdcrzy20 күн бұрын
This is the single best hour of KZbin I've ever watched. My entire definition of physics has changed, and that's not a joke.
@PrincipalSkinner3190Ай бұрын
Props to Neil for calling her out, this is definitely a hypothesis and not a theory.
@WillisAmakАй бұрын
Thats why I really like Neil. True Scientist
@alittleofeverything419028 күн бұрын
25:36 we don't understand QM. This whole video was awesome. As a biochemist I loved it. I always tell people that biology is the study of the chemistry and physics of life, with physics being the parent science.
@angeaka8442Ай бұрын
Throughout history, students and disciples have learned by observing teachers, Chuck may not be registered in any official university, yet he is clearly at the school of every guest that stepped into this office. starting with Dr. Niel himself, at this point, he has clearly built a great understanding of all of these concepts making him a valuable host on his way to becoming a scientist if this is what he wants.
@toddrengelАй бұрын
This is a wonderful episode! Sara Imari Walker is one of the sharpest thinkers I’ve seen on Startalk! Worth watching the entire video.
@justaj2k17 күн бұрын
This was one of the best episodes of Startalk. I loved the topic and her hypothesis (or theory) is fascinating.
@DanDoesGameАй бұрын
I'm trying so hard to understand this 🤣
@itsthelittlethings10029 күн бұрын
Chuck was dialed in in this ep. and Mz. Walker is fascinating.
@ontilt7629 күн бұрын
She is amazingly interesting and explains things, so my basic high school education can understand.. GREAT GUEST
@MichaelTheDanishHistorian29 күн бұрын
damn she's sharp as a katana
@Maphematics24 күн бұрын
It's so attractive and interesting
@brandt69420Ай бұрын
The real life Bernadette.
@cliffp73Ай бұрын
I can’t wait for GOD to enlighten me as to how he created life from the very beginning and how he created everything else since then. It should be a wonderful conversation!!!
@CheeseWyrm29 күн бұрын
Hmm, with respect - your comment seems to contrast with my understanding of your Bible (& please correct me if I'm wrong). Doesn't your Bible suggest that your god created life (plants) *after* creating light (energy?), sky (& air?), and at the same time as earth & water? Then it created the Sun & Moon (& stars?) after that; with animal life coming only at the end of this creation account. Were you simply commenting off hand, or have I misunderstood your Creation narrative?
@sinisterplank311324 күн бұрын
I really enooy Chucks presence. I can follow a decent portion of all the science talk, but having chuck there to represent us regular folks really makes the information far more accessible.
@cindystrachan85663 күн бұрын
Regarding the parting statement about thinking out of the box: Neitzsche said something like “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” The only limits to what mankind can do are the limits of our imaginations. Glad someone is posing the questions that open the doors to exploration.
@dandelionsoilАй бұрын
24:00 😂😂😂😂
@XodiSam29 күн бұрын
Damn, that formation of something that works like DNA but isn't DNA part blew my mind and the ease and confidence she answered it with 33:10
@HalkerVeilАй бұрын
I'm surprised very few are talking about this. It really changes everything with our understanding on the threshold crossing of life over chaos.
@Dirty__DanАй бұрын
3:47 I love that Chuck had to explain that that was a joke so she didn’t think he was an idiot
@summershine7267Ай бұрын
She totally needs to come back, she's awesome and as very interesting views points about life. Love this episode! .
@nobodyshomeuk9 күн бұрын
This is probably one of the best episodes ive seen. Honestly kept me engaged the whole time.
@Nopski_Ай бұрын
Chuck always asks great questions! I love this episode and she reminds me of Bernadette in tbbt
@johncarney6104Ай бұрын
It's really cool to see non-scientist like Chuck grapple with and question some fairly esoteric science. He's very insightful.
@jimmygonzalez3028Ай бұрын
Another fantastic, mind-bending Star Talk show, they get better each time! And Sara Walker is brilliant and fascinating!
@garyt12313 күн бұрын
Sara is such a good communicator, and highly knowledgeable in her field. More of Sara please! 😄
@Blackronin3575 күн бұрын
Another amazing conversation on topics outside my scope of knowledge but laid plain so I could feel empowered to understand them and relate to them. Thank you Neil and guests!