Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics | Lex Fridman Podcast #113

Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational, evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/ Manolis Twitter:   / manoliskellis   Manolis Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolis... PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:54 - Human genome 17:47 - Sources of knowledge 29:15 - Free will 33:26 - Simulation 35:17 - Biological and computing 50:10 - Genome-wide evolutionary signatures 56:54 - Evolution of COVID-19 1:02:59 - Are viruses intelligent? 1:12:08 - Humans vs viruses 1:19:39 - Engineered pandemics 1:23:23 - Immune system 1:33:22 - Placebo effect 1:35:39 - Human genome source code 1:44:40 - Mutation 1:51:46 - Deep learning 1:58:08 - Neuralink 2:07:07 - Language 2:15:19 - Meaning of life CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridmanpage   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman