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22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The window in which life can extend beyond Earth is open now and may never open again, so making life multiplanetary while it is still possible is the only smart move. — tap to centre the map on it The window in which life can extend beyond Earth is open now and may never open again, so making life multiplanetary… Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
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Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it. — tap to centre the map on it There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to… Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The universe has run ten billion trillion habitable-zone experiments, so we are the first technological civilisation only if every single one of them failed. — tap to centre the map on it The universe has run ten billion trillion habitable-zone experiments, so we are the first technological… Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only one instance of a lineage. — tap to centre the map on it Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only… Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life is not chemical; it merely emerges in chemistry, because chemistry is the first space the universe builds that is too large for it to exhaust. — tap to centre the map on it Life is not chemical; it merely emerges in chemistry, because chemistry is the first space the universe builds that… Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The origin of life is abrupt, not gradual — life snaps into existence. — tap to centre the map on it The origin of life is abrupt, not gradual — life snaps into existence. Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everything we build — every proof, every Nobel Prize, every idea, even the AI — will eventually be erased, which is why the near term matters. — tap to centre the map on it Everything we build — every proof, every Nobel Prize, every idea, even the AI — will eventually be erased, which is… Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it. — tap to centre the map on it Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
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Life is going to be common in the universe; the genuinely open question is how long technological civilisations last.
Holds AF Adam FrankRead this korrent →
The window in which life can extend beyond Earth is open now and may never open again, so making life multiplanetary while it is still possible is the only smart move.
Holds
There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it.
Holds NL Nick Lane
The universe has run ten billion trillion habitable-zone experiments, so we are the first technological civilisation only if every single one of them failed.
Holds AF Adam Frank
Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only one instance of a lineage.
Holds SW Sara Walker
Life is not chemical; it merely emerges in chemistry, because chemistry is the first space the universe builds that is too large for it to exhaust.
Holds SW Sara Walker
The origin of life is abrupt, not gradual — life snaps into existence.
Holds SW Sara Walker
Everything we build — every proof, every Nobel Prize, every idea, even the AI — will eventually be erased, which is why the near term matters.
Holds JL Janna Levin
Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it.
Holds NL Nick Lane