Nick Lane on Origins of Life, Consciousness, Alien Life, Krebs Cycle, and Evolution

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/4vqYJIyBis0

This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org/. Nick Lane is a British biochemist, writer, and professor in evolutionary biochemistry at University College London.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

- Physics Contest: https://youtu.be/V93GQaDtv8w

- Nick Lane's current book (Transformer): https://amzn.to/3QJ7ZyG

- Nick Lane's former book (The Vital Question): https://amzn.to/3RDoihU

- John Vervaeke: https://youtu.be/3p8o3-7mvQc

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:45 Genes don't create life

00:07:34 Is the origins of life a physics question or biology question?

00:10:23 Synthetic chemistry

00:14:37 What is a "Pathway"

00:18:27 Life is about energy -- NOT information

00:22:04 The definition of life. Life is a spectrum.

00:27:54 TOE takes a biological turn (why biology is difficult)

00:31:35 21st century biology will be the study of "fields"

00:42:01 Mitochondria are vital for consciousness

00:45:23 Multiple overlapping consciousnesses

00:56:40 Turin and quantum consciousness

00:59:04 Mechanisms for ESP (extra sensory perception)

01:05:48 Problems with Occam's Razor and God

01:25:06 Are cities alive? Is the world alive?

01:32:28 Life on other planets (alien life)

01:37:46 The size of bacteria indicate limitations on life in the universe

01:44:34 Speciation (how species develop) and Mother's Curse

01:58:07 The cell imitates the planet

02:04:04 Scientists don't like to ask "why"... Why?

02:06:41 Groundbreaking research is difficult to do in the Academy

02:20:46 [Karl Friston] Explanation for phenotypic diversity?

02:31:22 [RH0D3Z] Respirasomes and Supercomplexes

02:37:50 Ending poem by Richard Howard

02:39:21 Ending announcements