Lee Cronin on life, assembly theory, evolution, entropy, time | Thing in itself w/ Ashar Khan

Lee Cronin is the Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and the originator of assembly theory. 0:00 intro 1:57 evolution beyond biology 11:03 different biologies 14:17 time 19:31 ontology of math 22:58 foundations of physics 32:47 entropy 37:35 assembly theory 44:21 top down causality 48:55 intelligence, cognition, consciousness, IIT 55:02 abstractions in assembly theory 56:59 chemputation https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/ Personal Website: https://www.asharkhan.ca/ Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dUBLTl... Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9c6c...