Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin | Lex Fridman Podcast #279
Sara Walker and Lee Cronin debate what defines life and whether our understanding would apply to alien organisms across the universe
Alien Debate
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Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist who studies the nature of life and its emergence in the universe. Lee Cronin is a chemist known for his work on assembly theory and the chemistry of complex systems. Together they explore fundamental questions about what constitutes life and the possibility of alien civilizations.