#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
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Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex) to get 20% off premium – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex) and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – Cash App: https://cash.app/) and use code LexPodcast to get $10
EPISODE LINKS: Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/) Manolis Twitter: https://twitter.com/manoliskellis) Manolis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKlJ5LHrE3C7fgbnPA5DGA)
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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 (06:48) – Music and life (46:21) – The number 42 (52:22) – The question about the meaning of life (55:02) – Are humans unique in the universe? (1:00:46) – Human civilization (1:12:52) – Mars (1:14:45) – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality (1:25:38) – Neural networks and intelligence (1:32:55) – Ideas as organisms (1:42:19) – Language (1:53:34) – Legacy (2:08:25) – Poems
SONGS MENTIONED: [1] Dwros Gewrgiadis – An imoun plousios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI) [2] Grigoris Bithikotsis – Ftoxologia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8) [3] Sto perigiali to kryfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw) [4] Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc) [5] George Michael – Careless Whisper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ) [6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani – Pull Marine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk) [7] Georges Moustaki – Le meteque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A) [8] Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM) [9] Sting – Englishman In New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk) [10] Sting – Fragile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY) [11] Pink Floyd – The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg) [12] Pink Floyd – The Wall (One Of My Turns) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks) [13] Sting – Russians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs) [14] Joni Mitchell – Both sides now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I) [15] Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY) [16] Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc)