Lex Fridman
Nick Lane is a biochemist at UCL and author of Transformer, The Vital Question, and many other amazing books on biology, chemistry, and life.
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Oxygen: https://amzn.to/3edy3V5
Power, Sex, Suicide: https://amzn.to/3B3OInk
Life Ascending: https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century: https://amzn.to/3AZQaqy
The Black Cloud: https://amzn.to/3wJhDKC
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – Introduction
1:09 – Origin of life
14:56 – Panspermia
20:30 – What is life?
33:44 – Photosynthesis
37:19 – Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
47:20 – Sex
55:03 – DNA
1:02:15 – Violence
1:12:50 – Human evolution
1:18:45 – Neanderthals
1:22:18 – Sensory inputs
1:33:08 – Consciousness
2:04:41 – AI and biology
2:34:00 – Evolution
2:54:32 – Fermi paradox
3:07:52 – Cities
3:15:39 – Depression
3:18:14 – Writing
3:26:13 – Advice for young people
3:33:22 – Earth
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Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep318-sa
See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
0:00 – Introduction
1:09 – Origin of life
14:56 – Panspermia
20:30 – What is life?
33:44 – Photosynthesis
37:19 – Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
47:20 – Sex
55:03 – DNA
1:02:15 – Violence
1:12:50 – Human evolution
1:18:45 – Neanderthals
1:22:18 – Sensory inputs
1:33:08 – Consciousness
2:04:41 – AI and biology
2:34:00 – Evolution
2:54:32 – Fermi paradox
3:07:52 – Cities
3:15:39 – Depression
3:18:14 – Writing
3:26:13 – Advice for young people
3:33:22 – Earth
Transcript:
https://lexfridman.com/nick-lane-transcript
CONTACT LEX:
Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey
AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama
Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring
Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact
EPISODE LINKS:
Nick's Website: https://nick-lane.net
Nick's Books:
Transformer: https://amzn.to/3cy7lpO
The Vital Question: https://amzn.to/3q0vN6q
Oxygen: https://amzn.to/3edy3V5
Power, Sex, Suicide: https://amzn.to/3B3OInk
Life Ascending: https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE
Books mentioned:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: https://amzn.to/3AZQaqy
The Black Cloud: https://amzn.to/3wJhDKC
SPONSORS:
To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:
Notion: Note-taking and team collaboration.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep318-sa
BetterHelp: Online therapy and counseling.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/betterhelp-ep318-sa
We study the cake and the ingredients but who made the ingredients is the question?
We living in a zoo/prison planet..but who or what is the zoo keeper is the❓
The living on earth needs water to survive, that doesn't mean the living on another planet needs water to exist..you have to look in the sky for intelligence because there's not enough on earth.
How does anything simple or complex know to avoid death…. how is that consciousness created and transcended? There is absolutely no evidence that bacterial life is common. You can overcome the odds of life in the universe by odds winning the lottery 10 times in a row. It's the precise timing of life developing conditions so it's the odds of getting pregnant 10 times in a row at the same time of winning the lottery 10 times in a row. = zero life elsewhere. Obviously, biologist's (bacterial modifier's) are the greatest risk to humanity.
“I don’t believe in soup.”
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I am a real British native citizen and I am non compliant until such times as taxpayer money is spent on our best interests.
There isn't more than one class of people, war and destruction isn't acceptable, public services aren't fit for purpose, child sex rings are criminal and require open investigation and the perpetrators must be removed from society, corruption at every level is
God created universe 6000 years ago in 6 days!
He created Adam , Eve and all other life forms!
There i have saved 3 hours for you!
Perhaps we're currently living in some sort of hologram created by a previous AI creation by past humans 🤔
All assumption, The best science guys accept the miracle of creation and the science they love. You can accept both ❤
So basically he has no clue how life started
It is possible that Neanderthals disappeared, to the extent they disappeared, because they were less violent. Since Sapiens came out of Africa with more of an “r” survival strategy they were certainly more aggressive than Sapiens of today. I would suspect they were as aggressive as the”r”strategist of today’s Africans, only more so. They would certainly have had less empathy. The last Neanderthal was probably a cline.
Nice first hour of the podcast. Became boring afterwards. Lex moved from prebiotic biology to many subjects outside Nick Lane’s area of expertise: aka AI and (I supposed) some of Lex’s political / sociological worldviews. Please do not use biology, evolution and nature to « justify » any of your prefered social constructions, as Hitler and Staline did before you. Nick did a good job stating what is outside his research area though.
Да, если таблица Менделеева общая, и законы физики. Мир живых существ будет похож на наш.
Да, мир сложен, чёрт подери
Thumbs up if you believe in Jesus
Дякую, дуже цікаво.
I found this show really interesting! . discussion why Neanderthals went extinct, and it turns out there were many reasons behind it. One of the main factors was that they were limited in their capacity for evolution. Neanderthals were on Earth for as long as Homo sapiens have been now, but they disappeared just as they seemed to reach their peak.
If you think about how humans fight often violently it might explain why we’ve created so many wars and developed advanced weapons as a means of survival. Neanderthals, on the other hand, were also violent but in a different way. However, they lived in a relatively stable environment with less drastic weather changes and were fewer in population. When the climate began to change and Homo sapiens appeared in Europe, Neanderthals couldn’t adapt to the harsher conditions and the competition for resources with a more clever species like us.
It’s possible that Neanderthals made a clever move by passing on their genes through interbreeding or perhaps it was Homo sapiens who forced the mating to acquire some of their physical and personal traits to better survive the tough climate. Either way, the genetic merging between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals about 5,000 years after they met was a crucial step in shaping who we are today.
peace from lebanon ✋❤…
Thick school teachers boring libraries full on of fiction. Cartoon stupidity on TV and media , these keep humans dumb and ignorant
Как же мне нравится эта тема!!! Спасибо гостю за знания, которыми он поделился. И спасибо возможностям Ютуб, что я могу слушать в русском переводе.
This auto played while I slept, and I can confirm.
Просто космический подкаст!
Жаль только с зеленским налажал, никаких острых вопросов про отсутствие прав человека в Украине, абсолютная анархия властных структур, преследование опонентов физически! Угнетение людей!
Having access to minds greater than your bar tender is the benefit of living in 2025. We can be better and do better when we have a bigger pond to swim in!
I woke up to one of my favorite subjects. I'm going to need to rewind to hear the rest of this interview.
I normally tune into hear political subjects (historical political movements as well as current subjects), current military postures, as well as previous campaigns, etc. I even listened for a few minutes to that ex-Fox News idiot whose name is not worth mentioning.
That's the long way of saying I enjoy the variety of the programming.
Unfortunately, yesterday was one of my very low rest days, less than three hours the night before, after an entire week of less than five hours per night. I dozed off.
This is one is on a favorite subject. I'll rewind.
Thank you for your programming content.
Clay
My brain is overloaded now.
DNA is technology. And I realize that is kicking the can down the road.
Спасибо вам Лекс/Алексей за русскую озвучку!
There will never be A conflict between AI and humans only humans using AI against humans using AI
Спасибо.. Великолепный канал, Лекс.👍. Привет из Баку..🌞
Lex.. Nick… Biology .. Exceptional Evolution in Fabulous Forms. 😊😊😊 Huge Appreciation and Earth Blessings 🕊️🌻🐝🌳💚🍀✨
This episode is great to sleep through 😂
Я там был
this guy has a very good imagination!! Man cannot even prove water is made of hydrogen and oxygen let alone prove his origins!!
Скажите кто-нибудь, как образуется жизнь в рисе или гречке, которые я купила в магазине и поставила храниться в шкаф на кухне?
Скучно, банально, неинтересно
One thing what's not leaving my mind – We created computer and now we get to the point where we have created AI.. Computers are built from different components to run properly.. We are moving forward in tech and 40 years ago couldn't even imagine today's life… What if AI created humans and we are close to finish a cycle of humanity? Sounds stupid, but still can't stop thinking about… We are bringing back to life our ancestors 😮
Ok Nancy
The toaster thing keeps cracking me up, In an Astrology book by Linda Goodman she wrote that an Aries woman uses her men like a toaster, "She plugs them in uses them up and tossed them aside."
Dog 100% of emotions and seek to learn more about Dolphins 🐬
I dont mind the brows. Are all scientists that sexy☺
Abiogenesis is impossible, which points to the only explanation for life as an intelligent designer. The fact that no actual evidence supports common descent, leaves us with the inescapable conclusion that human life and all life was created and did not evolve. MT was right about you people being educated fools.
The Jewish people and Israel are proof of God.
С его бровей можно свитер связать
Whew.. things are gonna slide, slide in all directions.. L Cohen.
everyone asking a question after he said he’s not answering questions should be fired on the first day of office and never allowed back.. no room for idiots anymore
AI-/HS + HS-/HNeander
Всё это хорошо, что рассказал спикер. Только есть одна проблема, как появилась мембрана у клетки, и как появились жиры
As for AI on playing chess and being seemingly sentient?, its definitely just cold calculation and no true sacrifice as with humanity 🙏