Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast

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  • Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the author of a new book titled "Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence". Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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    OUTLINE:
    0:00 - Introduction
    1:07 - Definition of life
    21:45 - Time and space
    32:26 - Technosphere
    36:51 - Theory of everything
    45:32 - Origin of life
    1:07:10 - Assembly theory
    1:23:24 - Aliens
    1:35:14 - Great Perceptual Filter
    1:39:12 - Fashion
    1:43:14 - Beauty
    1:49:35 - Language
    1:56:16 - Computation
    2:06:03 - Consciousness
    2:14:55 - Artificial life
    2:38:48 - Free will
    2:45:32 - Why anything exists
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  • @lexfridman
    @lexfridman  12 днів тому +135

    Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast.
    Transcript: lexfridman.com/sara-walker-3-transcript
    0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions:
    - Notion: notion.com/lex
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    1:07 - Definition of life
    21:45 - Time and space
    32:26 - Technosphere
    36:51 - Theory of everything
    45:32 - Origin of life
    1:07:10 - Assembly theory
    1:23:24 - Aliens
    1:35:14 - Great Perceptual Filter
    1:39:12 - Fashion
    1:43:14 - Beauty
    1:49:35 - Language
    1:56:16 - Computation
    2:06:03 - Consciousness
    2:14:55 - Artificial life
    2:38:48 - Free will
    2:45:32 - Why anything exists

    • @c.raysporleder648
      @c.raysporleder648 12 днів тому

      @@BotvsBotsjoin Navy, open up your world view. I quit high school before senior year at 17. Navy taught me computers & electronics. GI bill paid my college, now a poor millionaire. Go for it!

    • @c.raysporleder648
      @c.raysporleder648 12 днів тому

      Oh, I was 3 months old when my father was killed in war. I grew up poor but to dumb to know it. 1st job paper boy age 8. Had money ever since.

    • @c.raysporleder648
      @c.raysporleder648 12 днів тому

      Don’t be a lazy ass. Just do it!

    • @AwakeningWARRlOR
      @AwakeningWARRlOR 12 днів тому +1

      🤡, UNSUBBED

    • @c.raysporleder648
      @c.raysporleder648 12 днів тому

      What an intelligent LADY! Great guest choice! IMO

  • @JJH0326
    @JJH0326 9 днів тому +81

    I love pondering deep things while procrastinating doing real things that have real impacts and results on my life

    • @jodigurl72
      @jodigurl72 7 днів тому +4

      😂. Best comment so far!

    • @aisle_of_view
      @aisle_of_view 4 дні тому

      Don't most of us do the same?

    • @wattsupdave
      @wattsupdave 3 дні тому +1

      Same

    • @ownyourgov
      @ownyourgov 3 дні тому +2

      Yeah, but you can do worse when you don't know what you don't know because you don't listen

    • @timcarmichael
      @timcarmichael 3 дні тому +3

      How doleful to parse every moment in terms of "impact" vs meaning as though they were mutually exclusive. The "deep things" are _why_ we do the other things, and what confers purpose on a otherwise rote existence.

  • @17agarreaud
    @17agarreaud 12 днів тому +232

    I appreciate the complexity and depth that these interviews go into. My favorites are the ones that ponder the origins of life, consciousness, and reality. Lex, thank you for your journey to understanding the human condition!

    • @Micheal-Knight-
      @Micheal-Knight- 11 днів тому

      Your Welcome, Lex. ❤

    • @the_black_douglas9041
      @the_black_douglas9041 11 днів тому +2

      Lex is just the best of the best at the art of the interview.

    • @vivtodd2473
      @vivtodd2473 11 днів тому +2

      @17aggareaud - It’s all in books- it has been for ages- don’t you read books ? She obviously does - then hey Presto she’s ‘intelligent’?

    • @float32
      @float32 10 днів тому

      @@vivtodd2473 while you read the books, she writes them. Hope that helps!

    • @alexgzbro101
      @alexgzbro101 10 днів тому

      Gyatt dam tell me more lady

  • @vebjsand
    @vebjsand 12 днів тому +124

    I love her approach to the podcast, the way she lays out thoughts and how open she is, and how deep she’s willing to get into it. Love for Lex who’s so curious about many things and shares it with us in this way!

    • @SaarLeestMee
      @SaarLeestMee 11 днів тому +2

      Agreed 💯❤🎉

    • @MrJessebo
      @MrJessebo 10 днів тому +3

      In contrast of the ones who want to stick to a narrative track. A real sign of a balance of EQ and IQ

    • @LoriMotola
      @LoriMotola 7 днів тому

      I personally appreciate her ethics as well. I've seen her speak often and she's careful not to infer meaning. I think sometimes this is misinterpreted as evasion when actually she's just leaving room for autonomous thought.

    • @jeffclarke5497
      @jeffclarke5497 3 дні тому

      Like, you know, like .... giggle, giggle, I passed by thesis defense because no one had the guts to ask me anything from Halliday and Resnick, and the university was required to matriculate a couple of female children.

  • @emjay9733
    @emjay9733 4 дні тому +5

    Seeing how Sara dolled up so hard for her 2024 Lex appearance is the most human thing I’ve seen a genius do in a long time.

  • @Creativetooling_101
    @Creativetooling_101 12 днів тому +53

    You having guests like this is why I love your podcast! Keep up the good work Lex

  • @terrav3815
    @terrav3815 9 днів тому +30

    This woman is absolutely perfect for what she is doing in her field. I love this third talk SO much!

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 7 днів тому +2

      Third*

    • @jeffclarke5497
      @jeffclarke5497 3 дні тому +1

      Yep, moving physics to the women's studies department will help humanity understand the basic processes governing the universe. Or, at least we'll feel better when we laugh at the children.

    • @geologistseanjulander7895
      @geologistseanjulander7895 2 дні тому +1

      Round 3. lol

  • @thebadscifi
    @thebadscifi 11 днів тому +9

    Lex! I don’t know what it is, but I totally appreciate seeing how you interact with your guests. You treat people with astonishment and they appreciate it, and give you their best ideas. I absolutely adore every concept you guys are discussing here. Such an example of the gems that exist in our understanding of the universe. Thank you both. ✌️❤️

  • @jonlivingstone
    @jonlivingstone 12 днів тому +40

    I love… love how Lex intertwined his experiences with his perception of the universe with us.

  • @johnbannon7239
    @johnbannon7239 12 днів тому +76

    Sara speaks so simply. I can understand Sara so simply. Thank you both!

    • @EK-fy5yy
      @EK-fy5yy 12 днів тому +8

      That sounds sarcastic to me 😂

    • @PuppetMasterdaath144
      @PuppetMasterdaath144 12 днів тому

      youre just another nutter online

    • @johnbannon7239
      @johnbannon7239 11 днів тому +4

      @@EK-fy5yy no not at all

    • @johnbannon7239
      @johnbannon7239 11 днів тому +10

      I'm autistic. Every thing I write reads like that. Sorry!

  • @maxmoonie7583
    @maxmoonie7583 5 днів тому +2

    This dive into Sara’s mind was fantastic. Particularly her visualization of concepts that defy adequate lingual conveyance. It’s almost a temporal and intuitive precursor to telepathy - Of course not in reality but in the unseen but cognitively detectable dimension.

  • @8dascool8
    @8dascool8 11 днів тому +34

    I love the way she talks!! I love the way she thinks so deeply and complexly, but paints it so clearly with her words. It’s freakin beautiful!!😭😭

    • @nataliemanzo34
      @nataliemanzo34 10 днів тому +3

      I hate the way she talks . Every answer she gives she goes in loops without actually answering the dam question.

    • @panthersoul
      @panthersoul 8 днів тому +4

      @@nataliemanzo34I agree. Her thoughts never land on a fact or explain a meaningful insight. Reminds me of Terrence Howard a bit. Lex needs to nail her down and explore her responses to find the core. “material properties”.

    • @TheMikesylv
      @TheMikesylv 8 днів тому +2

      I agree with you as well,she is definitely on the right track about asking the right questions before giving a answer to question you haven’t even asked or even understand the question. I don’t know what the trolls above are going on about they said nothing about anything

    • @TheMikesylv
      @TheMikesylv 8 днів тому +4

      @@panthersoulI don’t know what you were watching she answered every question and stated her position on every topic comprehensively. Maybe you should rewatch it you probably will come to have a different opinion. If not your entitled to your opinion . Peace sincerely M. Sylvester

    • @desertself
      @desertself 7 днів тому +4

      Brilliant people are often misunderstood by those less brilliant. She is brilliant.

  • @InnerStrengthVarun
    @InnerStrengthVarun 12 днів тому +162

    I like that you ask the easy questions like why does anything exists 😂

    • @TheChurchofCacti
      @TheChurchofCacti 12 днів тому +6

      What happened before the big bang? Where did the matter come from? Give them one miracle they'll explain the rest 😅

    • @Gazzar19
      @Gazzar19 12 днів тому +2

      Someone clicked the start-simulation button

    • @mgoolong8827
      @mgoolong8827 12 днів тому

      The question is: why can there not be nothing? Or is this an answer?

    • @ypey1
      @ypey1 12 днів тому +1

      Why do we question?

    • @Simonize41
      @Simonize41 12 днів тому +1

      Exist?

  • @pinkpeonyy
    @pinkpeonyy 8 днів тому +6

    She’s igniting my desire to go back to school and learn science in a more formal way. I think about this stuff daily but I have very basic understandings and keep pausing the video to research terms you use, and concepts I am not familiar with. this woman is really hitting me in a personal place with her mind and how she thinks. I am mesmerized with the subject matter and her profound thoughts and understanding. I’m in awe of such intelligence really.
    And you too Lex, brilliant, you have such an amazing understanding of so many subjects and I love the summaries of your guests answers you give as a response they really aid my understanding of the content. You push my boundaries with your podcast and I think you ask the best questions.

  • @michaelmarhal
    @michaelmarhal 12 днів тому +44

    YESS! AMAZING GUEST! so happy to see Sara back on the podcast!

  • @dare2fail
    @dare2fail 6 днів тому +4

    Not gonna lie. I’m usually quite engaged and interested in Lex’s podcasts, but I had no clue what this woman was talking about.

  • @inazuma3gou
    @inazuma3gou 10 днів тому +39

    George Carlin had a good perspective on life: “People say life begins at conception, I say life began about a billion years ago and it’s a continuous process.”

    • @victorgarcia4399
      @victorgarcia4399 8 днів тому +1

      Agreed! But mammalian life itself propagates by insemination.

    • @das_it_mane
      @das_it_mane 8 днів тому +1

      And that process had a precursor. It didn't just start that way.

    • @victorgarcia4399
      @victorgarcia4399 8 днів тому

      ​@das_it_mane yup she sums up basic processes required for creation of life. Great video.

    • @inazuma3gou
      @inazuma3gou 7 днів тому

      @@victorgarcia4399 Life invented sex to fuel its propagation.

  • @keysemerson3771
    @keysemerson3771 10 днів тому +7

    Thanks Lex for having Sarah on again. Love your mind and thinking processes, Sarah. The stepping out of a definition that no longer explains what we are learning and discovering about our shared existence is so key to humanity opening up. We hold on too long to accepted "laws" and it slows us down. The ever-expanding visualization process is beautiful.

  • @Michy.running
    @Michy.running 10 днів тому +5

    I have to watch this in bits..... As my brain starts melting 😂... Give it a few hours rest and continue. So amazing and articulate. Such a beautiful mind❤

  • @fredericorichter
    @fredericorichter 9 днів тому +4

    I love this channel for the opportunity to listen to brilliant people talking about subjects that I, alone, would not be able to develop a clearer understanding. Lex is great interviwer because he always ask questions pertinent to a particular moment of the explanation, in an unobstrusive way.
    In relation to the guest, I found her amazing. Besides being charismatic, her approach to the question of the origin of life is the most reasonable and logic, yet mind blowing, I ever heard. Never imagined it would feel good to think about me as a 4 billion years cristal of accumulated living information 😊
    Lex is a very fortunate person not only to be able to talk to such brilliant people, but also to have the capacity and generosity to share those exceptional conversations with us. Thank you.

  • @blingpup21
    @blingpup21 12 днів тому +97

    Yes, Sara Walker is awesome!! So glad you invited her back…her thinking is Mind-blowing!!

    • @Ascketism
      @Ascketism 12 днів тому +2

      Date number 3!

    • @Chris-es3wf
      @Chris-es3wf 12 днів тому +4

      Meh her definition of life got really touchy Feely and bereft of any actual useful connotation. Language isn't life...

    • @ivocanevo
      @ivocanevo 12 днів тому +1

      I agree! This is my first time hearing her. She's super interesting and out of the box.
      She seems very disillusioned with everybody else's points of view, though.

    • @Pjc0869
      @Pjc0869 12 днів тому +1

      Her thinking makes money 😂😂😂

    • @user-fx7li2pg5k
      @user-fx7li2pg5k 12 днів тому

      @@Chris-es3wf she crazy talks out both sides of her mouth and uses slight of hand /miss direction,confusion,,marginalizing ,the circles she a predator.Spiritual type the type you run to the hills and dont look back,everything backwards for her lol.And DONT GET ME wrong some of the greatest scientist were/are open minded.But HOW SHE MIXES TRUTHS LMAO in absolute across the board,cause confusion.Its mind control subversion without you knows demoralization vexing.Question ppl reality at ever turn lmao,while talking in f/ing circle ,spinning her lies.

  • @ericamadobegines8764
    @ericamadobegines8764 12 днів тому +46

    oh my gosh Sara I love your brain, your narrative is so connected to everything, material, spiritual!! Thank you for this refreshing insight into the world, thank you Lex for bringing Sara

    • @cyberbiosecurity
      @cyberbiosecurity 12 днів тому +1

      she declared qualia to be physical system and i agree.

    • @Chris-es3wf
      @Chris-es3wf 12 днів тому +2

      She relies too much on "feelings". She said so herself. It's also why she contradicted herself about 5 times... bc her theories are feelings and not anything defensible.

    • @JorgePagan-fr7ww
      @JorgePagan-fr7ww 12 днів тому +1

      I'm not as intelligent and intellectual as some of you guys but can appreciate a moment like yours intelligent and insighfull.

    • @bigboicreme
      @bigboicreme 12 днів тому

      Can she succ?

    • @dnbjedi
      @dnbjedi 12 днів тому +5

      Its eastern mind meets western mind in a lot of ways. (‘see: Alan watts)
      Chris you need shrooms to understand
      Some don’t

  • @konstantinos777
    @konstantinos777 12 днів тому +16

    This, to me, must have been the most amazing interview on this channel! It's extremely rare for me to listen to a person and agree 99% and want to listen again and again. Thanks so much Lex!

    • @andanssas
      @andanssas 6 днів тому

      What was the 1% you did not agree with?

    • @konstantinos777
      @konstantinos777 6 днів тому +1

      @@andanssas I would probably say something different on consciousness, but it doesn't matter. What a genius, I am just happier now that I know this girl exists!

  • @user-jk9di9io8z
    @user-jk9di9io8z 11 днів тому +2

    number 2 most compelling podcast ive seen behind "The Amazon Guy"

  • @primateinterfacetechnologi6220
    @primateinterfacetechnologi6220 12 днів тому +25

    Lex- those visual effects while hanging out with your friends in the forest after the ayahuasca ceremony that you described are known to us seasoned gulpers of psychedelics as "tracers".
    Peace, love, and respect, to you, and for all you do.

  • @idatong976
    @idatong976 12 днів тому +9

    Totally fascinating! I love Sara Walker's explanation on the physics of life, yet, she's leaving the door open for future interpretation. "Life is a balance between holding on and letting go." - Rumi ❤ Thank you both for this extraordinary conversation! ❤

  • @briancallaghan7496
    @briancallaghan7496 11 днів тому +19

    Sara Walker rules! Always a fascinating conversation when she is on the pod. Her work feels an awful lot like she is proving Buddhism with physics.

  • @humanbean3
    @humanbean3 8 днів тому +2

    Lex my fellow human brother, I hope you are happy as you read this comment. I can tell you have moments of genuine admiration and love for people as they do something as simple as mowing their lawn, or drinking a cup of coffee while looking out the window at little bird doing bird things. I know you have these moments! That's why I wish for your happiness from time to time.

  • @corriedotdev
    @corriedotdev 12 днів тому +12

    Sara and Lee really are my favourite scientists. Although I am based in Glasgow doing VR, their insight and such strong foundations in their ideas I found incredibly important to my research philosophy during my recent PhD. Cannot wait to listen to this.

  • @z3r0pointflux
    @z3r0pointflux 12 днів тому +41

    @lexfridman I love her. What an amazing human being. Brian Cox & Lex Fridman is what I've been hoping for.

  • @bellosardo84
    @bellosardo84 11 днів тому +5

    I love when you invite physicists. My favourite conversations to listen to ❤

  • @uxoriousNO
    @uxoriousNO 11 днів тому +17

    This is one of the few theoretical physicists that I appreciate today. She is self deprecating enough to realize a lot of theoretical physicists are bullshit artists. She is lovely and very smart. She has an excellent sense of humor and dedication to honesty.

  • @hamidfarmani
    @hamidfarmani 12 днів тому +91

    Yes, we all are waiting for the footages of ayahuasca, episode after another one.

    • @andreassciascia5745
      @andreassciascia5745 12 днів тому +1

      I am not. Why are drugs so interesting here?

    • @andreassciascia5745
      @andreassciascia5745 12 днів тому

      No Need

    • @chriscotton4207
      @chriscotton4207 12 днів тому

      You're not understanding what it is. You're misinterpreting it as "tripping" or seeing crazy things. There is another side that is not connected to our human body and it is a gateway to seeing it. Unlike distortion of reality. It's not going crazy. It's becoming more clear minded more aware of what's going on. But then seeing this reality is just a facade.
      Drugs affect your brain negatively.​@@andreassciascia5745

    • @izzysyoutubeig
      @izzysyoutubeig 12 днів тому

      @@andreassciascia5745 not manmade

    • @Bork_In_Volcanic
      @Bork_In_Volcanic 12 днів тому +1

      Better not. Let Lex enjoy his experiences.

  • @Brazen1234
    @Brazen1234 12 днів тому +21

    20 mins in when shes talking about abstract forms of life and different ways of thinking... i always remember lex saying the aliens could be all around us and we could be staring them in the face... this is exactly what i imagined on how ''alien'' life could be.. even life itself on earth from the first cell to the very last could be a giant 4D hyperbolic fractal sponge slipping through our 3D world, lasting billions of years and and this is just what it looks like from our perspective

    • @fabiosilva9637
      @fabiosilva9637 12 днів тому +1

      Im kind of overwhelmed by the feeling of the sublime. This is infinitely interesting.

    • @v1kt0u5
      @v1kt0u5 12 днів тому +1

      @@fabiosilva9637 ∞

    • @EmilySinka-ie2vj
      @EmilySinka-ie2vj 12 днів тому

      😂

    • @cloudbloom
      @cloudbloom 9 днів тому

      "What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?" -Frank Herbert

    • @FrenkieWest32
      @FrenkieWest32 9 днів тому

      Plenty of things ''could be'', but it seems rather pointless to me to point to one of the endless 'options' and marvel at it. What does ''a giant 4D hyperbolic fractal sponge slipping through our 3D world'' mean?

  • @GiorgosPlanar
    @GiorgosPlanar 6 днів тому +1

    I am not smart enough to judge if Sara is talking mumbo junbo or genius. But she is one of my top3 favourite guests in Lex.

    • @jaconova
      @jaconova 5 днів тому

      hahaha tons of mumbo jumbo, I can assure you.

  • @rocketproductions1441
    @rocketproductions1441 9 днів тому +2

    Its so awesome to see recurring guests and how they seem to adapt and evolve with the podcast just like Lex himself! She is getting so much better at flowing complex ideas under Lex's style of interviewing

  • @germanarroyo
    @germanarroyo 12 днів тому +46

    One of our favorite guests on Lex. Awesome, let's go!

  • @y5mgisi
    @y5mgisi 12 днів тому +54

    Now these are the interviews I'm here for!

  • @llllllllll_llllllllll_llllllll

    Sara is truly one of the greatest minds! Her work is so important and her approach to science is really inspiring! Thank you for this interview it's so good to see her back on the podcast!! Maybe next time you can have her and Lee together again, their dynamic is so interesting and refreshing to see!!

  • @thomaspripley
    @thomaspripley 11 днів тому +4

    I listened to this while sleeping and had some CRAZY vivid dreams!

    • @jameswelch5636
      @jameswelch5636 9 днів тому

      If I listen to something while sleeping, I dream about getting a virus on my phone and not being able to turn it off

    • @StonedOdie
      @StonedOdie 7 днів тому

      @@jameswelch5636lmao that’s shitty man lol. Sorry prolly isn’t funny but yeah. Usually I’ll dream about whatever I’m listening to.

  • @allrockfarmllc9909
    @allrockfarmllc9909 12 днів тому +4

    Sarah, here I am unloading from my truck a mass of soil (and giant soup of life forms wriggling digging decomposing) and compost that I collected on the side of a mountain road at the base of sloughing cinder cone on the big island Hawaii and I'm finding it difficult to continue to muster the"mana"to keep shoveling because the sound of your voice is so soothing. It's not just a sound though it's also what's spewing from your brain! Come visit! Aloha!

  • @gatoazul01
    @gatoazul01 12 днів тому +5

    This is not one to listen to casually lol
    Will have to come back to it - this is the type of thought that occupies my most creative/fascinating thought processes...i love it.

    • @jaconova
      @jaconova 5 днів тому

      You will get nothing out of this: it's like astrophysicians talking about black holes theories. Grab your Bible.

  • @madmister
    @madmister 8 днів тому +1

    IDK HOW THE INTERVIEWR BEARED THE PAIN OF THAT VOICE BUT I CANT

  • @brax300
    @brax300 11 днів тому +3

    I’m in Organic Chem right now and we just went over Chirality. It was a super interesting topic when she was discussing it. Knowing the definitions of Achiral and Chiral centers/ atoms along w R & S configurations really added to the subject.

    • @stevedwyer8333
      @stevedwyer8333 9 днів тому +2

      The existence of uniform chirality throughout the Earth is strong evidence that life occurred only once on this planet.

  • @angelogunther6445
    @angelogunther6445 12 днів тому +6

    Lex, how can we thank you enough for your continued excellent content! Keep it up!

  • @SnackPack913
    @SnackPack913 12 днів тому +24

    Idk how she makes that yellow sports jacket work but she does 😂

    • @lostinthedesert-hp4bw
      @lostinthedesert-hp4bw 11 днів тому

      Maybe, but I’m getting really strong Tweety Bird vibes lol 🤣!!

    • @moonman2629
      @moonman2629 11 днів тому +3

      ​@lostinthedesert-hp4bw really? I'm thinking Kill Bill lmao

    • @ronr6605
      @ronr6605 8 днів тому

      Blonde people shouldn't wear yellow, even the fake ones... that goes for all Whities tbh, pale goes bad with yellow w/o looking gash.
      But one can talk oneself out of that, just as putting physics into Twitter, timeline of things we see but can not explain... so no, still does not work gal, ur white, no yellow jackets for you. Brrrr!

  • @RokStembergar
    @RokStembergar 11 днів тому +3

    When she talks about us being 'big' in space, i can't help but to remember the video from Veritasium on the p-adic numbers. While the possibility space for assembly grows exponentially, it can't be infinite

  • @Robhp7
    @Robhp7 10 днів тому +3

    Loved this conversation! It's always interesting to hear Sara's perspectives, and Lex is great interviewer. Thank you!

  • @GfnWiz
    @GfnWiz 12 днів тому +43

    How can everyone not love Lex.

    • @DarkskiesSiren
      @DarkskiesSiren 12 днів тому +4

      It is baffling, isn’t it? I can safely say I platonically love him lol

    • @shiwaz1594
      @shiwaz1594 12 днів тому +5

      Sara just explained why.

    • @tradermann
      @tradermann 12 днів тому

      he’s boring and seems a bit autistic

    • @ch1m1ch0nga
      @ch1m1ch0nga 12 днів тому +3

      Him furthering the fascist (or totalitarian) cause?

    • @justinmasters220
      @justinmasters220 12 днів тому +1

      Like in love? For real.

  • @illusion5342
    @illusion5342 12 днів тому +9

    What a fantastic episode.

  • @WorldRallyFamily
    @WorldRallyFamily 10 днів тому +23

    This woman is absolutely fascinating and massively intelligent. I fully enjoyed this interview.

  • @stegemme
    @stegemme 10 днів тому +1

    Sara Imari Walker is such an interesting person. Her 3 ways with Lex and Lee are absolutely fascinating as well as this cast. It's also great that more and more theoretic and frontier science is starting to break the shackles of academic orthodoxy and speak openly about how much we don't know, rather than the mustering and corralling of knowledge that now looks so typically last century.

  • @alexwatts1248
    @alexwatts1248 12 днів тому +5

    Thanks, Lex! It was fantastic to see Sara on the show again. Both she and Lee Cronin are outstanding guests.
    It's incredible insight, that combinatorial space of 'anything' could be driven by whatever the life mechanism is

  • @davenport8
    @davenport8 12 днів тому +9

    OK, this is a GOOD ONE Mr. Fridman

  • @user-jt5ud3nn2v
    @user-jt5ud3nn2v 12 днів тому +3

    Thanks for sharing this great conversation with us Lex. Your friends and guest are always extraordinary people… as are you dear friend.

  • @lanegrooms9966
    @lanegrooms9966 12 днів тому +1

    This was an amazing conversation. And it meant so much to me to hear the discussions on language itself. It’s a topic I’ve struggle to find someone else with whom to discuss but also a topic that has dominated much of my thinking in the last 6 years of my life. Thank you!

    • @StonedOdie
      @StonedOdie 7 днів тому

      Same, I always tell ppl I’m attempting to explain something really complex to (weather it’s how I’m feeling or something else) that I wish I could just plug my brain into theirs and send the info over (feelings, thoughts, how I got to the way I’m thinking/feeling, what I’m seeing in my imagination, etc) because often times words just can’t explain certain complex concepts, emotions, etc.

  • @brobb3630
    @brobb3630 10 днів тому +2

    I could listen to this all day long; I love it!!!!

  • @moonman2629
    @moonman2629 11 днів тому +20

    Wait until she finds out this is all a simulation

  • @theone306
    @theone306 11 днів тому +1

    Sara is a fascinating and thought provoking guest and Lex is a fantastic interviewer.
    Love to you both ❤❤

  • @danielyates9055
    @danielyates9055 12 днів тому +3

    Awesome episode! I think about this sort of thing all the time. Written a lot about it too. Information holds the key, I theorize

  • @calmlittlebuddy3721
    @calmlittlebuddy3721 12 днів тому +15

    She thinks on a level well above what most of us do. She sees something directly that most of us sort of intuit. And she’s knows she can’t explain it to us with spoken or written words.

  • @danellwein8679
    @danellwein8679 12 днів тому +3

    thank you for this Lex .. this was a really good one .. the structure thing sounds like the ruliad

  • @LethiuxX
    @LethiuxX 12 днів тому

    Something nice that I've seen on other similar channels is that the guest leaves a question at the end intended for the next guest to answer at the end, before posing a new question of their own for the next guest after them.

  • @sachmacd8999
    @sachmacd8999 6 днів тому

    I don't know if Sara created the space for Lex to be completely himself, or if Lex created the space for Sara to be completely herself. Maybe both. In any case, this interview is very authentic on both sides and very enjoyable. One of my favorites ❤

  • @user-ll9fb5kv6b
    @user-ll9fb5kv6b 12 днів тому +10

    These podcasts are the great ones, Sara has a really interesting unique brain, also in the podcast with Lee, the back and forth. Those are the people that are really interesting to listen to since they explore ideas concepts that weren't there before. Very stimulating for the brain.

  • @rhettlee
    @rhettlee 12 днів тому +23

    I knew it was time to refresh

    • @GfnWiz
      @GfnWiz 12 днів тому +1

      When we have Biden and Trump as presidential candidates life cannot possibly be deterministic unless we go 4+ years in the future, look back and then describe the why or how

  • @PerNystedt
    @PerNystedt 9 днів тому +1

    Expressing yourself through fashion may serve the same purpose as expressing yourself in words. It allows you to dive deeper into the structure of what it is you are expressing.

  • @tehdii
    @tehdii 10 днів тому +1

    I clicked on this podcast as another one in the line but quickly it became my favorite strings of words I have heard in years. It took me places Neuromancer did ;) She was speaking about my internal states, drawing with words suspended like sunlight in the crystal of current culture. I mean it was David Foster Wallace like experience. It is like in Contact with Judy. They should have sent a poet. They should have sent Sara ;)
    I have this mental tradition to remember 5 podcast/reviews/videos/radio programme that were an absolute top in any year. This goes to my number one. It is so fitting that she became vocal in your podcast at the 40 anniversary of Neuromancer. She is the new embodiment of what Gibson did with language then.Gave us the new language game.

  • @JamesZeroSix
    @JamesZeroSix 12 днів тому +22

    I love that Rogan has Terrance on, and says "what if", and Lex has Sara Walker on and says "what if". Very different directions.

  • @thewaythingsare8158
    @thewaythingsare8158 12 днів тому +3

    Sara Walker and Joscha Bach in dialogue - that would probably blow one of my fuses. i love the way - like Joscha Bach - Sara Walker pushes me to one side of myself. BOOM !

  • @elzbeta78
    @elzbeta78 3 дні тому

    Much time longing for language to be invented to express these profoundly necessary concepts. Beyond grateful- was desperate for this time for this conversation. Thank you from my heart for this important work Professors. Bravo ❤ excited for your book dear Lady. New favorite guest. Thank you Lex for highlighting her astounding & rare talent and for digging deep for this interaction with her. Will be listening to this one again 🙏

  • @jnl8081
    @jnl8081 День тому

    I appreciate the willingness to discuss possibilities outside of rote materialism. Thank you for being open and honest in this conversation.

  • @johncombo
    @johncombo 12 днів тому +7

    Sara is awesome!

  • @krankerkris
    @krankerkris 12 днів тому +25

    Yay! Sara is back 😊🎉

  • @thomaspripley
    @thomaspripley 10 днів тому +1

    This is one of Lex's top three episodes ever. Fantastic discussion.

  • @kleinter
    @kleinter 9 днів тому +1

    I've been waiting for a follow-up conversation with Dr. Walker!!

  • @Ardalambdion
    @Ardalambdion 6 днів тому +7

    Usually I reject all videos on youtube that are 70+, but there's something about Sara Walker that makes me keep listening, almost impossible to stop. And I look very forward to her book in early August.

  • @Sileonex123
    @Sileonex123 12 днів тому +5

    I'm borderline in love with this woman...my goodness she talks the way my Brain analyzes and and relays things to me

  • @2ezsniper83
    @2ezsniper83 9 днів тому +1

    Sara walker talks are always the best

  • @Leap_of_Faithhh
    @Leap_of_Faithhh 9 днів тому +1

    That was an amazing podcast. I can't remember the last time my brain was tickled like that. Thank you Lex and thank you Sara

  • @ChristopherL0rtiz
    @ChristopherL0rtiz 10 днів тому +5

    Lisa Simpson as a human adult

  • @JDELV2
    @JDELV2 8 днів тому +5

    Dr. Walker shows that the American Dream is alive and well. She started out at Cape Code Community College and winds up with a PhD from Dartmouth. It shows how far you can go with intellectual curiosity, boundless energy and raw intelligence. It would be a mistake to underestimate her.

  • @artlover-us
    @artlover-us 11 днів тому +1

    one of my favorite guest in Lex's podcast, love to listen to Lee Cronin as well, they articulate their ideas so well, both are great science communicators . at around 43:44 , she made me laugh so hard, she mentioned about we like to get traumatized/being afraid, we like to learn more about the world and once we do, it traumatized us, coming to understand new ideas which you never understood before is a thrilling experience, totally agreed and could relate to this.

  • @jamesa6756
    @jamesa6756 11 днів тому +2

    Be great if this conversation had subtitles!

    • @southerncomfortuk
      @southerncomfortuk 9 днів тому

      Can you spot four little icons in the top right hand side of your screen - tap the little square box that says ‘cc’. Subtitles will appear.

  • @Chris-es3wf
    @Chris-es3wf 12 днів тому +14

    I think she contradicted herself about a dozen times here.
    So her view is that an individual isn't alive, and life is an emergent property of the group but also that emergent properties dont really exist and we only think they do bc we dont understand the characteristics of the singular. Those two notions are entirely at odds... and that was just in the first 15 minutes...

    • @gott4bomb835
      @gott4bomb835 11 днів тому +2

      She seems to be onto something but lacking enough of a grasp of language to traverse some semantical caveats.

    • @Chris-es3wf
      @Chris-es3wf 11 днів тому +9

      @@gott4bomb835 ironically her tenuous grasp on language seems to be what leads her to argue the semantics of many other definitions of life. For example, she takes the term self-sustaining and twists it to mean "can exist energy-independent in a vacuum"... which is total nonsense. Her arguments often devolve into useless drivel.

    • @tombullish3198
      @tombullish3198 9 днів тому +2

      She is smart and intelligent yet lacks the understanding of what life is and what time is. She seems very confused in her lifetime and seems to confuse herself even more with her usage of semantics.
      She literally said life isn't chemical. Which is a totally indefensible position. A strange hill she seems to be willing to die on.

    • @scooble
      @scooble 9 днів тому

      With respect to life, what she could be attempting to hone in on the fundamentals of life beyond materialism. Although we see life as we know it relying on chemistry and uses it's properties, we could speculate further. In doing so, we could propose that life involved information exchange in novel and complex ways (to be determined), which is a similar analogy that Max Tegmark uses. Effectively, conceptualising life beyond materialism.

    • @apollo2573
      @apollo2573 7 днів тому

      You misunderstood. She didn't say that individuals aren't alive. She talks about the biosphere as a macro-organism made-up of all the living thing on the planet and now the coming techno-sphere which besides the living things, includes also the technologies with which the humanity has merged and it's merging with.
      On the other hand I could quite easily spot the hypocrisy in Lex, when affirming that but refraining from labeling AI as conscious we might end-up mistreating it and It, suffering from that. Than later he was totally fine with our civilization expanding and consuming resources and other life forms and destroying the biosphere for human capital growth gains. This doesn't sound like a libertarian principle. It's rather an antagonistic one.

  • @sashasiddiqui6472
    @sashasiddiqui6472 12 днів тому +3

    Finally some mentioning about the ayahuasca experience.....30:30 and 1:32:45 :)

    • @mohtasimtamjeed
      @mohtasimtamjeed 12 днів тому +2

      Trippytrip

    • @southerncomfortuk
      @southerncomfortuk 9 днів тому

      Re: his description of his head turn and visualisation of the past moments of the person he was with, following a head injury I had this for quite a while - not just with people but with everything. Turning my head quickly resulted in a view of the world like a blurred photo with several momentary past versions of the room / person. It was interesting but disorientating.😂 I wouldn’t want to consume anything that induced it again 🤣. Loved this episode with Sara Walker.

  • @FishDoExist
    @FishDoExist 4 дні тому

    Wish I had time-stamped it, but there is a moment when they are talking about the excitement and dread which results from the acknowledgement of our vastness, the near-endless possibilities we are confronted with in life. It made me think of that great quote from Kierkegaard: "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." And yet somehow, listening to this amazing conversation has stilled the ever-present anxiety that haunts my soul. Thank you, Sara. Thank you, Lex. This was easily one of the most thought-provoking discussions I have heard in quite some time :-)

  • @djingusjonathaniii5210
    @djingusjonathaniii5210 9 днів тому +1

    one of my favorites man i've watched this three times and only slept once :) Sarah is incredible what an enormous brain

  • @klg823
    @klg823 11 днів тому +10

    I high key am obsessed with Sara walker and how she thinks about/articulates the most complex and befuddling topics. Thanks for having her on again. One of my favorite scientists and guests of yours!

  • @tatyanamamut3174
    @tatyanamamut3174 11 днів тому +4

    This is the best podcast episode I've listened to EVER. Thank you for interviewing this brilliant researcher.

  • @DavidRandallCurtis
    @DavidRandallCurtis 3 дні тому

    Just ordered her book. Thanks!

  • @whitebrezzy09
    @whitebrezzy09 6 днів тому

    “We are really good at identifying things as other, we’re not really good at understanding when were the same or when were part of an integrated system thats actually functioning together in some kind of cohesive way.”
    So true, and deep.

  • @danielandrews7561
    @danielandrews7561 12 днів тому +8

    Absolutely brilliant! I'm writing a book focusing on the universal importance of mycelia! Thank you for sharing these existentially important conversations!!!

  • @hbofbyu1
    @hbofbyu1 12 днів тому +4

    love the hair!

  • @user-eq2my7ce1g
    @user-eq2my7ce1g 12 днів тому +1

    Re: beauty, as an artist, a huge part of beauty is in symmetry and the golden ratio. The most beautiful people consistently have the most symetric features, and this holds true for color and flow and the universe.

  • @hootanafshar2001
    @hootanafshar2001 11 днів тому +2

    LOVE the new Hair Sara!!!!! Always a pleasure hearing you speak

  • @Hduck
    @Hduck 12 днів тому +7

    Crazy a 3 hour podcast can have 42 views before the first min after it’s posted lol

  • @marshalljames3712
    @marshalljames3712 9 днів тому +3

    I could listen to Sara talk about stuff that's way over my head all day! 😍

  • @JSchlo401
    @JSchlo401 8 днів тому

    This is one of the best podcast conversations I’ve heard in a long time. LEX! You gotta have her back more often! This was so interesting 🎉❤

  • @purpasteur
    @purpasteur 12 днів тому +2

    I’ll think I’ll have to listen to this interview 15 times