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Clever! A New Method to Find Alien Life
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- The video examines 'assembly theory', a method for quantifying complexity that a research group says can address a major problem in the search for alien life.
- It is based on a linked PNAS paper (doi 10.1073/pnas.2619198123), which the creator presents as the basis for the claim.
- The creator frames the question as whether the claim is genius or nonsense and says she will take a look at it.
Why watch · It assesses a recent claim that a complexity measure could help identify signs of life, a question relevant to astrobiology.
- Assembly theory
- Astrobiology
- Complexity
- Search for extraterrestrial life
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Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. Physics has an elephant in the room and its name is complexity. A few years ago a group of researchers made the first serious attempt to quantify it – called “assembly theory” – and now the same group says their method solves one of the biggest problems in the search for alien life. Genius or nonsense? Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2619198123 #sciencenews #physics #astrobiology #space #extraterrestrial 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 📚 Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW