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Santa Fe Institute

How Does Size Shape Our Understanding of and Search for Life? Alien Crash Site with Chris Kempes

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Explore the fascinating intersection of biology, mathematics, and astrobiology in this thought-provoking 49-minute talk featuring Chris Kempes, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Delve into scaling laws and their implications for understanding life's physiological constraints on Earth and potentially beyond. Examine Kempes' recent paper on multiple paths to life origins, and investigate how size shapes our comprehension of and search for extraterrestrial life. Discover connections to previous discussions on Mars exploration, origins of life, Assembly Theory, and stoichiometric approaches to life detection. Gain insights into the limits of life's size, the possibility of life without containers, and intriguing artifacts that challenge our understanding of biology.

Syllabus

Intro
Scaling
Principles First
Types of Origins
Death
Life detection
Life on other planets
Stoichiometric approach
Does life require a container
Where are you most interested in going
What object do you hope to recover

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Santa Fe Institute

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