Lee Cronin

Yeah, I've seen you say that.

Yeah, I've seen you say that.

Yeah, I've seen you say that.

Because we have this combinatorial scaffolding going all the way back from Luca. So you've got cells that can self-replicate. And then you go all the way to terraforming the Earth. You've got all these architectures, the amount of selection that's going on, biological selection, just to be clear, biological evolution. And then you have multicellularity. then animals and abstraction.

Because we have this combinatorial scaffolding going all the way back from Luca. So you've got cells that can self-replicate. And then you go all the way to terraforming the Earth. You've got all these architectures, the amount of selection that's going on, biological selection, just to be clear, biological evolution. And then you have multicellularity. then animals and abstraction.

Because we have this combinatorial scaffolding going all the way back from Luca. So you've got cells that can self-replicate. And then you go all the way to terraforming the Earth. You've got all these architectures, the amount of selection that's going on, biological selection, just to be clear, biological evolution. And then you have multicellularity. then animals and abstraction.

With abstraction, there was another kick because you can then build architectures and computers and cultures and language. These things are the biggest things that exist in the universe because we can just build architectures that couldn't naturally arise anywhere. The further that distance goes in time, it's gigantic. And from a complexity perspective. Yeah.

With abstraction, there was another kick because you can then build architectures and computers and cultures and language. These things are the biggest things that exist in the universe because we can just build architectures that couldn't naturally arise anywhere. The further that distance goes in time, it's gigantic. And from a complexity perspective. Yeah.

With abstraction, there was another kick because you can then build architectures and computers and cultures and language. These things are the biggest things that exist in the universe because we can just build architectures that couldn't naturally arise anywhere. The further that distance goes in time, it's gigantic. And from a complexity perspective. Yeah.

I agree. And I would say, I'll say again, that Earth is the most gigantic thing we know in the universe, commentatorily. We know. We know. Now, I guess, this is just purely a guess, I have no data other than hope. Well, maybe not hope. Maybe, no, I have some data. That every star in the sky probably has planets and life is probably emerging on these planets.

I agree. And I would say, I'll say again, that Earth is the most gigantic thing we know in the universe, commentatorily. We know. We know. Now, I guess, this is just purely a guess, I have no data other than hope. Well, maybe not hope. Maybe, no, I have some data. That every star in the sky probably has planets and life is probably emerging on these planets.

I agree. And I would say, I'll say again, that Earth is the most gigantic thing we know in the universe, commentatorily. We know. We know. Now, I guess, this is just purely a guess, I have no data other than hope. Well, maybe not hope. Maybe, no, I have some data. That every star in the sky probably has planets and life is probably emerging on these planets.

But the amount of contingency that is associated with life is I think the commentorial space associated to these planets is so different. Our causal cones are never going to overlap or not easily. And this is the thing that makes me sad about alien life. That's why we have to create alien life in the lab as quickly as possible.

But the amount of contingency that is associated with life is I think the commentorial space associated to these planets is so different. Our causal cones are never going to overlap or not easily. And this is the thing that makes me sad about alien life. That's why we have to create alien life in the lab as quickly as possible.

But the amount of contingency that is associated with life is I think the commentorial space associated to these planets is so different. Our causal cones are never going to overlap or not easily. And this is the thing that makes me sad about alien life. That's why we have to create alien life in the lab as quickly as possible.

Because I don't know if we are going to be able to build architectures that will intersect with alien intelligence and architectures.

Because I don't know if we are going to be able to build architectures that will intersect with alien intelligence and architectures.

Because I don't know if we are going to be able to build architectures that will intersect with alien intelligence and architectures.

Time and the ability to communicate.

Time and the ability to communicate.