Are new laws of physics required to explain the origins of life?
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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
-Stephon Alexander podcast with TOE: https://youtu.be/VETxb96a3qk

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

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