Author Archives: Lex Fridman

#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness

Lee Cronin is a chemist at the University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Lee’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecronin
Lee’s Website: https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:31) – Life and chemistry
(21:56) – Self-replicating molecules
(32:19) – Origin of life
(48:45) – Life on Mars
(53:49) – Aliens
(1:00:30) – Origin of life continued
(1:07:24) – Fermi Paradox
(1:17:04) – UFOs
(1:25:25) – Science and authority
(1:31:28) – Pickle experiment
(1:34:23) – Assembly theory
(2:17:22) – Free will
(2:28:37) – Cellular automata
(2:52:08) – Chemputation
(3:09:23) – Universal programming language for chemistry
(3:22:34) – Chemputer safety
(3:35:15) – Automated engineering of nanomaterials
(3:44:15) – Consciousness
(3:53:48) – Joscha Bach
(4:05:04) – Meaning of life

#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology

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Robert Proctor is a historian of science at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Robert’s Website: https://history.stanford.edu/people/robert-n-proctor
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:40) – Ideology and science
(21:14) – Wernher von Braun
(28:21) – The scientific process
(38:23) – Censorship
(47:37) – Anthony Fauci
(52:47) – Courage in science
(1:00:07) – Tobacco industry
(1:23:52) – Nazi medicine
(1:34:02) – The Nazi War on Cancer
(1:39:14) – Science funding
(1:50:08) – Ignorance
(1:57:49) – Ideology in academia
(2:04:09) – Human origins
(2:14:02) – Hobbies
(2:21:19) – Diversity in the universe
(2:24:54) – Stones
(2:33:49) – Conspiracy theories
(2:37:59) – Nazi impact on Soviet science
(2:43:14) – Nazi tobacco industry’s denial campaign
(2:47:30) – Hope for the future
(2:50:04) – Meaning of life

#267 – Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse

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Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta, formerly Facebook.

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Mark’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/zuck
Mark’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/zuck
Meta AI: https://ai.facebook.com/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(11:29) – Metaverse
(31:06) – Identity in Metaverse
(43:15) – Security
(47:40) – Social Dilemma
(1:09:46) – Instagram whistleblower
(1:14:31) – Social media and mental health
(1:19:56) – Censorship
(1:37:05) – Translation
(1:44:40) – Advice for young people
(1:50:28) – Daughters
(1:53:16) – Mortality
(1:57:49) – Question for God
(2:00:55) – Meaning of life

#266 – Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar

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Nicole Perlroth is a cybersecurity journalist and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Nicole’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicoleperlroth
Nicole’s Website: https://nytimes.com/by/nicole-perlroth
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:54) – Zero-day vulnerability
(12:55) – History of hackers
(27:47) – Interviewing hackers
(31:49) – Ransomware attack
(44:33) – Cyberwar
(57:41) – Cybersecurity
(1:06:48) – Social engineering
(1:23:41) – Snowden and whistleblowers
(1:33:11) – NSA
(1:42:58) – Fear for cyberattacks
(1:50:29) – Self-censorship
(1:54:50) – Advice for young people
(2:00:07) – Hope for the future

#265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling

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Devon Larratt is a professional arm wrestler, widely considered to be one of the best of all time. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Devon’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/devlarratt
Devon’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/devlarratt
Devon’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/devon.larratt.5
Devon’s Website: https://nolimitsarmwrestling.com/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:42) – Over the Top and John Brzenk
(18:15) – Strength vs skill vs strategy
(42:38) – Denis Cyplenkov
(1:11:44) – Jodi Larratt
(1:15:45) – Canadian Special Forces
(1:20:19) – Arm wrestling
(1:27:03) – Freedom arm wrestling
(1:38:36) – Diet
(1:46:00) – Devon vs The Mountain
(1:57:30) – Mortality
(2:03:03) – Aliens and robots

#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity

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Tim Urban is the author and illustrator of the popular blog ‘Wait But Why’. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Tim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy
Tim’s Website: https://waitbutwhy.com
Tim’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/timurban

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(14:54) – Aliens
(23:08) – The pencil problem
(29:53) – Food abundance
(31:57) – Extinction of human civilization
(37:15) – Future politics of Mars
(44:15) – SpaceX
(50:15) – Elon Musk
(1:15:43) – Nuclear power
(1:20:09) – The higher mind
(1:24:53) – Echo chambers and idea labs
(1:28:05) – How our brain processes film and music
(1:31:19) – Neuralink
(1:39:33) – Future of physical interactions
(1:43:44) – AI
(1:51:04) – Free speech
(1:55:07) – How to read more
(2:01:49) – Spaced repetition
(2:05:52) – Procrastination
(2:32:44) – Goals for the future
(2:38:02) – Meaning of life

#263 – John Abramson: Big Pharma

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John Abramson is faculty at Harvard Medical School and a family physician for over two decades. He’s the author of the new book Sickening about how big pharma broke American healthcare and how we can fix it. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
John’s Website: https://hcp.hms.harvard.edu/people/john-david-abramson
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Overdosed America (book): https://amzn.to/3LmrWKn

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(14:29) – Biggest problem with big pharma
(23:30) – Advertising
(43:22) – Corruption
(59:38) – Pfizer vaccine data
(1:08:30) – Vaccine profits
(1:19:25) – Censorship
(1:40:11) – FDA
(1:48:45) – NIH
(1:57:42) – Live longer
(2:01:13) – Medications
(2:09:37) – Doctors
(2:13:44) – Advice for young people
(2:14:40) – Big pharma’s influence
(2:19:24) – Mortality
(2:21:15) – Meaning of life

#262 – Garry Nolan: UFOs and Aliens

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Garry Nolan is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research is in microbiology, immunology, bio-computation, and analysis of UFO artifacts, materials, and reports of UFO encounters. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Garry’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GarryPNolan
Nolan Lab’s Website: https://web.stanford.edu/group/nolan/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:41) – Biology
(13:45) – Alien civilizations
(17:49) – UFO encounters
(54:50) – Atacama skeleton
(1:02:07) – UFO materials
(1:13:29) – Jacques Vallee
(1:17:37) – UFO data
(1:28:43) – Alien hardware in US possession
(1:33:20) – Bob Lazar
(1:36:15) – Avi Loeb and Oumuamua
(1:40:17) – Advice for young people
(1:47:05) – Meaning of life

#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind

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Philip Goff is a philosopher of mind and consciousness at Durham University and author of Galileo’s Error. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:40) – Conscious matter
(41:06) – Death, mystical experiences and collective consciousness
(51:30) – The authority of expertise
(1:12:27) – Panpsychism and physics
(1:41:11) – Suffering, zombies and illusion
(2:13:57) – JRE podcast recap
(2:25:33) – Free will
(2:43:12) – Are we living in a simulation?
(2:47:04) – Meaning of life

#260 – Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time

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Georges St-Pierre is an MMA fighter. John Danaher is a martial arts coach. Gordon Ryan is a submission grappler. Each are considered by many to be the greatest of all time in each of their respective disciplines. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Georges’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgesstpierre/
John’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danaherjohn/
Gordon’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gordonlovesjiujitsu/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:35) – Success
(22:35) – Trash talk
(25:42) – Doubt
(34:06) – Emotions
(46:01) – Gordon’s beef with André Galvão
(50:11) – Diet
(1:00:12) – Training
(1:28:21) – Human nature and combat sports
(1:39:34) – MMA vs Grappling
(1:48:53) – Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena
(1:52:40) – GSP and shoot boxing
(2:03:56) – GSP vs Khabib
(2:11:56) – Pankration
(2:15:08) – Effective grappling and takedowns
(2:30:40) – Aliens and Mars
(2:47:20) – Robots
(2:51:15) – Advice for young people