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Lee Cronin is a chemist at the University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (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

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