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[Interview] Fundamental Limits of Life

[Interview] Fundamental Limits of Life

Update: 2025-01-221
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To look for lifer in space we need to understand it. What fundamental boundaries does it have? What limits are imposed on life? Finding out in this interview.



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🟣 Guest: Dr Ricard Solé

https://santafe.edu/people/profile/ricard-sole



📜 Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0010



👉 More interviews:

This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon https://youtu.be/Ppc3zzMTJTs

What The Hell Is Life? And How Do We Search For It? https://youtu.be/Eaa_b2tkiKQ

What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life? https://youtu.be/2_buH0GXFx8




  • 00:00 Intro

  • 01:26 Fundamental constraints

  • 08:28 Information as a limiting factor

  • 16:16 Fundamental logic of cell structure

  • 23:25 Computer programming VS life

  • 24:56 Limits for life

  • 33:57 Current obsessions

  • 38:16 Bonus part and more interviews



📺 VIDEO VERSION

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[Interview] Fundamental Limits of Life

[Interview] Fundamental Limits of Life

Fraser Cain