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#015 with Cole Mathis

#015 with Cole Mathis

Update: 2021-06-24

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The paper discussed: "Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry"

"Scientists develop new molecular tool to detect alien life" - news article
"Chemists design alien life detector" - news article

The essay discussed: ($$ paywall) "Art as a Product of Nature, as a work of Art" by Paul K. Feyerabend

Dragon's Egg, by Robert Forward

Related:

Atlantis's first dispatch on the "Great Phosphine Freakout" of September 2020

Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on the "meaning" of life, as part of 2020 conversation series called "Andromeda Strain and the Meaning of Life."

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#015 with Cole Mathis

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