There was an interesting interview of Lee Cronin on Lex Fridman's podcast a while ago.
For anyone unfamiliar, Assembly Theory is based on the idea that the more structurally complex something is, such as a molecule, the less likely it was created by chance, and the more likely it was created by an assembly factory of sorts, one type of which is life in it's potentially diverse forms.
I was never very impressed by assembly "theory" (what are its testable predictions?)... If we find a refrigerator floating in space I don't need an Assembly Theorist to tell me there's some intelligent/intentional process behind it.
Seriously, what is it other than a potent source of pop sci clickbait?
HarHarVeryFunny|1 year ago
There was an interesting interview of Lee Cronin on Lex Fridman's podcast a while ago.
For anyone unfamiliar, Assembly Theory is based on the idea that the more structurally complex something is, such as a molecule, the less likely it was created by chance, and the more likely it was created by an assembly factory of sorts, one type of which is life in it's potentially diverse forms.
gradus_ad|1 year ago
Seriously, what is it other than a potent source of pop sci clickbait?