Lee Cronin

I really had some big arguments, but the copy number caught there, because I think I confused the chemists by saying one-off, and then when I made clear about the copy number, I think that made it a little bit easier. Just to clarify...

I really had some big arguments, but the copy number caught there, because I think I confused the chemists by saying one-off, and then when I made clear about the copy number, I think that made it a little bit easier. Just to clarify...

I really had some big arguments, but the copy number caught there, because I think I confused the chemists by saying one-off, and then when I made clear about the copy number, I think that made it a little bit easier. Just to clarify...

Yeah, exactly that. Okay. Exactly.

Yeah, exactly that. Okay. Exactly.

Yeah, exactly that. Okay. Exactly.

Yeah, exactly. So on Earth, coming back to Earth, what we did is we took a whole bunch of samples and we were running prebiotic chemistry experiments in the lab. We took various inorganic minerals and extracted them. Look at the volatile because there's a special way of treating minerals and polymers in assembly theory. In our life machine, we're looking at molecules. We don't care about polymers.

Yeah, exactly. So on Earth, coming back to Earth, what we did is we took a whole bunch of samples and we were running prebiotic chemistry experiments in the lab. We took various inorganic minerals and extracted them. Look at the volatile because there's a special way of treating minerals and polymers in assembly theory. In our life machine, we're looking at molecules. We don't care about polymers.

Yeah, exactly. So on Earth, coming back to Earth, what we did is we took a whole bunch of samples and we were running prebiotic chemistry experiments in the lab. We took various inorganic minerals and extracted them. Look at the volatile because there's a special way of treating minerals and polymers in assembly theory. In our life machine, we're looking at molecules. We don't care about polymers.

because they're not volatile, you can't hold them. If you can't ascertain that they're identical, then it's very difficult for you to work out if there's undergone selection or they're just a random mess. Same with some minerals, but we can come back to that. So basically what you do, we got a whole load of samples, inorganic ones,

because they're not volatile, you can't hold them. If you can't ascertain that they're identical, then it's very difficult for you to work out if there's undergone selection or they're just a random mess. Same with some minerals, but we can come back to that. So basically what you do, we got a whole load of samples, inorganic ones,

because they're not volatile, you can't hold them. If you can't ascertain that they're identical, then it's very difficult for you to work out if there's undergone selection or they're just a random mess. Same with some minerals, but we can come back to that. So basically what you do, we got a whole load of samples, inorganic ones,

We got a load of, we got Scotch whiskey and also took Ardberg, which is one of my favorite whiskeys, which is very peaty. And another whiskey is like, so the way that in Scotland, in Islay, which is a little island, the Scotch, the whiskey is let to mature in barrels. And it's said that the complex molecules in the peat find their way through into the whiskey.

We got a load of, we got Scotch whiskey and also took Ardberg, which is one of my favorite whiskeys, which is very peaty. And another whiskey is like, so the way that in Scotland, in Islay, which is a little island, the Scotch, the whiskey is let to mature in barrels. And it's said that the complex molecules in the peat find their way through into the whiskey.

We got a load of, we got Scotch whiskey and also took Ardberg, which is one of my favorite whiskeys, which is very peaty. And another whiskey is like, so the way that in Scotland, in Islay, which is a little island, the Scotch, the whiskey is let to mature in barrels. And it's said that the complex molecules in the peat find their way through into the whiskey.

And that's what gives it this intense brown color and really complex flavor. It's literally molecular complexity that does that. And so, you know, vodka is the complete opposite. It's just pure, right?

And that's what gives it this intense brown color and really complex flavor. It's literally molecular complexity that does that. And so, you know, vodka is the complete opposite. It's just pure, right?

And that's what gives it this intense brown color and really complex flavor. It's literally molecular complexity that does that. And so, you know, vodka is the complete opposite. It's just pure, right?

The higher the assembly index, the better the whiskey. I really love deep, peaty Scottish whiskeys. Near my house, there is one of the lowland distilleries called Glengoyne. It's still beautiful whiskey, but not as complex. So for fun, I took some Glengoyne whiskey in our bag and put them into the mass spec and measured the assembly index. I also got E. coli.

The higher the assembly index, the better the whiskey. I really love deep, peaty Scottish whiskeys. Near my house, there is one of the lowland distilleries called Glengoyne. It's still beautiful whiskey, but not as complex. So for fun, I took some Glengoyne whiskey in our bag and put them into the mass spec and measured the assembly index. I also got E. coli.