Professor Lee Cronin is an organic chemist, but he isn't just interested in the usual research path of describing new chemicals, though he does do that - he's interested in understanding the fundamental principles of chemistry, and how they can be used for the search for life on other planets... and for the creation of life, de novo, on our own. And that's tricky, because the origin of life is one of those contentious theories where the truth of what happened here on Earth will never be fully known. Instead, people like Lee Cronin are going to have to build devices in the laboratory that allow them to create organisms capable of undergoing generational selection... but even then, will we have truly answered the question of what happened way back when? Likely not, but as the conversation with Professor Cronin shows, we'll at least have a stellar definition of life from the process that can be used consistently to search the cosmos. Support the scientific revolution with a monthly donation: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Let us know what you think of the presentation in the comments! 00:00 Go! 00:04:01 Data: public or private? 00:15:01 Peeling the science onion 00:18:32 AI doesn't exist 00:22:55 In defense of Ordinary Science 00:27:16 Find the time to play 00:32:33 Creating an alien life form 00:36:26 Evolution, God, and Simulation theory 00:36:54 Evolution is just another word for god (if you're not careful) 00:39:37 A proof of physical reality 00:43:10 Can anything ever be novel? 00:55:39 Creating life forms in the lab 00:59:54 Technetium and aliens 01:01:27 How evolution is like a royal flush 01:08:22 Life as a planetary phenomenon 01:11:16 A game of panspermic odds 01:13:24 Viruses as seeds 01:17:14 A new ground truth for Life 01:26:49 How molecules = life 01:29:59 Where's all the extremely complex life? 01:38:10 Beyond competition #origins #aliens #chemistry Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying microbial communication at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting and exploring the woods. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671