Lee Cronin
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So with molecules, it's not trivial, but it is possible because what you can do, and because I'm a chemist, so I'm kind of like, I see the lens of the world for just chemistry. I break the molecule part, break bonds. And if you take a molecule and you break it all apart, you have a bunch of atoms.
So with molecules, it's not trivial, but it is possible because what you can do, and because I'm a chemist, so I'm kind of like, I see the lens of the world for just chemistry. I break the molecule part, break bonds. And if you take a molecule and you break it all apart, you have a bunch of atoms.
So with molecules, it's not trivial, but it is possible because what you can do, and because I'm a chemist, so I'm kind of like, I see the lens of the world for just chemistry. I break the molecule part, break bonds. And if you take a molecule and you break it all apart, you have a bunch of atoms.
And then you say, okay, I'm going to then take the atoms and form bonds and go up the chain of events to make the molecule. And that's what made me realize, take a toy example, literally a toy example, take a Lego object, which is broken up of Lego blocks. So you could do exactly the same thing. In this case, the Lego blocks are naturally the smallest.
And then you say, okay, I'm going to then take the atoms and form bonds and go up the chain of events to make the molecule. And that's what made me realize, take a toy example, literally a toy example, take a Lego object, which is broken up of Lego blocks. So you could do exactly the same thing. In this case, the Lego blocks are naturally the smallest.
And then you say, okay, I'm going to then take the atoms and form bonds and go up the chain of events to make the molecule. And that's what made me realize, take a toy example, literally a toy example, take a Lego object, which is broken up of Lego blocks. So you could do exactly the same thing. In this case, the Lego blocks are naturally the smallest.
They're the atoms in the actual composite structure.
They're the atoms in the actual composite structure.
They're the atoms in the actual composite structure.
lego architecture but then if you maybe take you know um a couple of blocks and put them together in a certain way maybe there have a their offset in some way that offset is on the memory you can use that offset again with only a penalty of one and you can then make a square triangle and keep going and you remember those motifs on the chain so you can then leap from the
lego architecture but then if you maybe take you know um a couple of blocks and put them together in a certain way maybe there have a their offset in some way that offset is on the memory you can use that offset again with only a penalty of one and you can then make a square triangle and keep going and you remember those motifs on the chain so you can then leap from the
lego architecture but then if you maybe take you know um a couple of blocks and put them together in a certain way maybe there have a their offset in some way that offset is on the memory you can use that offset again with only a penalty of one and you can then make a square triangle and keep going and you remember those motifs on the chain so you can then leap from the
start with all the Lego blocks or atoms just laid out in front of you and say, right, I'll take you, you, you, connect and do the least amount of work. So it's really like the smallest steps you can take on the graph to make the object. And so for molecules, it came relatively intuitively. And then we started to apply it to language. We've even started to apply it to mathematical theorems.
start with all the Lego blocks or atoms just laid out in front of you and say, right, I'll take you, you, you, connect and do the least amount of work. So it's really like the smallest steps you can take on the graph to make the object. And so for molecules, it came relatively intuitively. And then we started to apply it to language. We've even started to apply it to mathematical theorems.
start with all the Lego blocks or atoms just laid out in front of you and say, right, I'll take you, you, you, connect and do the least amount of work. So it's really like the smallest steps you can take on the graph to make the object. And so for molecules, it came relatively intuitively. And then we started to apply it to language. We've even started to apply it to mathematical theorems.
I'm so well out of my depth, but it looks like you can take minimum set of axioms and then start to build up kind of mathematical architectures in the same way. And then the shortest path to get there is something interesting that I don't yet understand.
I'm so well out of my depth, but it looks like you can take minimum set of axioms and then start to build up kind of mathematical architectures in the same way. And then the shortest path to get there is something interesting that I don't yet understand.
I'm so well out of my depth, but it looks like you can take minimum set of axioms and then start to build up kind of mathematical architectures in the same way. And then the shortest path to get there is something interesting that I don't yet understand.
It's a hard problem, but actually, if you look at it, so the best way to look at it, let's take a molecule. So if the molecule has... um, 13 bonds. First of all, take 13 copies of the molecule and just cut all the bonds. So take cut 12 bonds and then you just put them in order. Yeah. And then that's how it works. So, and you keep looking for symmetry and re or, or copies.
It's a hard problem, but actually, if you look at it, so the best way to look at it, let's take a molecule. So if the molecule has... um, 13 bonds. First of all, take 13 copies of the molecule and just cut all the bonds. So take cut 12 bonds and then you just put them in order. Yeah. And then that's how it works. So, and you keep looking for symmetry and re or, or copies.