Brian Keating and Lee Cronin: Do We Need New Laws for Life?

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Previously titled “Brian Keating Λ Lee Cronin on Life in the Universe, Assembly Theory, and the Meaning of Time” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026

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YouTube link: https://youtu.be/BI7-5YnXSqk Are new laws of physics required to explain the origins of life? Sponsors: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off. For Algo's podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://www.algo.com/. Merch (until end of Oct 2021): https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: 3CSm4FH6975J8wvKp8x8BSefH6QCVuk736 PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything LINKS MENTIONED: -Brian Keating's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating -Brian Keating's "Losing the Nobel Prize": https://amzn.to/3AyXMyE -Brian Keating's "Into the Impossible": https://amzn.to/33IjsfC -Brian Keating's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating -Lee Cronin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecronin -Brian Keating's appearance on Lex's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhGwJLXzHs8 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:59 Brian Keating's opening statements 00:08:21 Lee Cronin's opening statements 00:13:45 Why defining "life" is difficult 00:23:43 Disagreements on the origin of life 00:38:12 The definition of Entropy is "wrong" (controversial claim) 00:51:44 The universe is filled with life 01:09:20 Will the James Webb Telescope find life? No. 01:12:37 An answer to the Fermi Paradox 01:24:26 Assembly Theory overview (important, watch this first!) 01:38:00 Curt claims Lee's definition of life is circular 01:46:37 Finding UFOs, as an academic project 01:54:26 Lee's gripes against the Galileo Project and Avi Loeb 02:03:47 Curt's views on the UFO videos that have been released 02:08:30 Brian's and Lee's books and talks 02:12:54 Time is more fundamental than space (another controversial claim by Lee) 02:17:45 Eric Weinstein says UAP data should be given scientists... should it? 02:21:53 [Tom Poleski] Why hasn't assembly theory been used already to detect life? 02:23:46 [Visan Cosmin] Materialism and Consciousness (what exists outside consciousness?) 02:30:05 [David] Why do we need new laws to explain life? 02:33:41 Physics doesn't have causation 02:35:27 [kumar910] Why is there something instead of nothing? 02:41:47 Lee expounds on causation, and life * * * Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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