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It's the same with this new kinetic state of matter. It's the equivalent of flight in that we've discovered, we've accessed a new means of doing things. Nature discovered this new

It's the same with this new kinetic state of matter. It's the equivalent of flight in that we've discovered, we've accessed a new means of doing things. Nature discovered this new

new dimension of stuff and life is a manifestation of what can be done once you're in that new dimension extraordinary and i hope in the course of our discussion we'll be able to understand how life's most striking characteristics um its purposeful nature It's mental dimension. How can we think? What's going on here? Cognition. Where did all of this come from?

new dimension of stuff and life is a manifestation of what can be done once you're in that new dimension extraordinary and i hope in the course of our discussion we'll be able to understand how life's most striking characteristics um its purposeful nature It's mental dimension. How can we think? What's going on here? Cognition. Where did all of this come from?

And physics is struggling with that because it's not in the physical description of stuff for stuff to think and to have feelings and to get angry and to be happy, etc.

And physics is struggling with that because it's not in the physical description of stuff for stuff to think and to have feelings and to get angry and to be happy, etc.

Yeah, well, people have been making them now in the lab for some years to serve some particular purpose. for a purpose, because once you have these systems, they can be utilized in a functional way. You can, for instance, if you have vesicles, which are in this kind of state with a drug inside, you can activate it and tell it to release. You can trigger it to release the drug.

Yeah, well, people have been making them now in the lab for some years to serve some particular purpose. for a purpose, because once you have these systems, they can be utilized in a functional way. You can, for instance, if you have vesicles, which are in this kind of state with a drug inside, you can activate it and tell it to release. You can trigger it to release the drug.

So you have what has been discovered here as a means of doing what life does to use matter in a more functional way, in a more dynamic, in a more useful way. And that's it. It's a new area in material science which is really just getting started.

So you have what has been discovered here as a means of doing what life does to use matter in a more functional way, in a more dynamic, in a more useful way. And that's it. It's a new area in material science which is really just getting started.

But the facet that fascinates me is not the material aspect, but the biological connection, because biology has taken this capability, you know, just so far, because as you say, it's had a lot of time to work on ways of doing that.

But the facet that fascinates me is not the material aspect, but the biological connection, because biology has taken this capability, you know, just so far, because as you say, it's had a lot of time to work on ways of doing that.

Yeah. Well, there have been different theories, of course, of how life began. And the problem is that there hasn't been any real way to check, you know, which is the right one. And an essential part of the problem is that It's hard to understand how it began if you don't know what it is. And I think what we've been talking about is starting to give some more insight into what it is.

Yeah. Well, there have been different theories, of course, of how life began. And the problem is that there hasn't been any real way to check, you know, which is the right one. And an essential part of the problem is that It's hard to understand how it began if you don't know what it is. And I think what we've been talking about is starting to give some more insight into what it is.

So probably the strongest idea for the origin of life began with what was called is the RNA worldview. The RNA worldview, it was discovered some 60 almost 70 years ago that certain molecules have an extraordinary capability they can

So probably the strongest idea for the origin of life began with what was called is the RNA worldview. The RNA worldview, it was discovered some 60 almost 70 years ago that certain molecules have an extraordinary capability they can

replicate they can make copies of themselves actually the mechanism of it is very simple it's not it sounds like dramatic but basically a nucleic acid is a long chain molecule made up of segments now if you put such a molecule in a test tube with lots of the segments the component bits floating around, the component bits tend to be attracted to the long chain molecule, the RNA in this case.

replicate they can make copies of themselves actually the mechanism of it is very simple it's not it sounds like dramatic but basically a nucleic acid is a long chain molecule made up of segments now if you put such a molecule in a test tube with lots of the segments the component bits floating around, the component bits tend to be attracted to the long chain molecule, the RNA in this case.

So they latch on in a template type mechanism, and then those segments can join up. And then when the segments that have joined up separate from the original nucleic acid molecule, you end up with two molecules that And the molecule has copied itself.

So they latch on in a template type mechanism, and then those segments can join up. And then when the segments that have joined up separate from the original nucleic acid molecule, you end up with two molecules that And the molecule has copied itself.