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In this A-to-Z guide, let’s understand our alphabet from top to toe.
π¦ Where did our letters come from?
π How did they get their names?
π Which ones do we use the most?
π¦Ά Which is the most English word?
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What is life? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice tackle assembly theory, artificial life, and the origin of lifeforms in the universe as we revise the definition of life with astrobiologist and theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
Is life the biological systems we know, or could life exist in ways we have yet to discover? Starting with the familiarβcarbon-based life formsβ we explore the idea that life may be a universal physical process governed by laws of physics we have yet to uncover.
Is life fundamentally tied to chemistry, or could it be explained by a new kind of physics? Learn about assembly theory and the line between chemistry and when something can be considered alive.
Walker explains how the Miller-Urey experiment sparked a quest to understand lifeβs origins, but that experiment alone wasn’t enough to explain life’s complexity. From prebiotic chemistry to evolutionary steps, the discussion teases the thin line between randomness and selection.
Could life be the result of a phase transition, like water turning into ice?
We discuss the search for extraterrestrial life and possible alternative biochemistries. Could life exist on other planets with different chemical structures? And what role does complexity play in this grand equation?
As technology advances, can artificial intelligence be considered alive? Could it represent a new form of life, co-evolving alongside humans? Could the future hold life forms and technologies beyond our current imagination? What new laws of physics might emerge from our growing understanding of complexity, evolution, and information?
One thing is certain: the journey to discover life, in all its forms, is just beginning.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction: Sara Imari Walker
5:20 – Updating The Definition of Life
10:10 – Miller-Urey & The Line Between Chemistry and Biology
15:13 – Creating Aliens
20:29 – The Traditional Definition of Life
25:03 – Testing Assembly Theory
29:48 – Is DNA Fundamental?
37:46 – Is AI Alive?
45:20 – Free Will
47:37 – Entropy
50:10 – Life as No One Knows It
52:58 – A Cosmic Perspective
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We greatly apologize for the parts of this video with poor audio quality! we did what we could to improve it, and will continue to improve in the future.
To understand how we started this conversation and get an explanation of the broader concept of dialects vs languages, here is our first video:
β’ When Does a Dialect Become a New Lang…
Please let us know what you think, and share this video to others so we can help spread linguistics education!
Here’s the link to the Scots Language Centre page with the video we used for the poem audio: https://www.scotslanguage.com/media/c…
And here’s the two History of Scots videos,
in Scots: β’ The origins of the Scots language – i…
and in English: β’ The origins of the Scots language – i…
Scottish Government Scots Language Policy information in English: https://www.gov.scot/publications/sco…
And in Scots: https://www.gov.scot/publications/sco…
Here’s info about the results of Scots in the 2022 Scottish census: https://www.gov.scot/policies/languag…
Here’s information from the 2011 census, including information about English and Gaelic: https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ce…
The Council of Europe web page where you can find European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, available in many different languages:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-c…
If you want to learn more, here are some more links to information that Carson used as sources in his thesis!
https://www.scotslanguage.com/article…
https://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_d…
https://www.thenational.scot/culture/…
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/…
Here are the links to our kind participants who wanted a shoutout:
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Davon: / davonlatroy https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DAmS…
Khaki: / khaki_connect https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iC15…
The Boy: / h8theboy https://open.spotify.com/artist/0WOL1…
Ali: βͺ@alicalifitβ¬
The full unedited interviews can be found on Carson’s personal channel here: β’ Professor Woody & Mr. Ford Full Inter…
00:00 Intro
00:35 Guess this language
1:05 Responses
1:55 Basics of Scots
4:44 Scots vs English audio
8:27 Scotsmen interview
14:06 Scots reading interview
20:05 Current status of Scots
23:17 Translation support
23:42 Language comparisons
25:18 Scots learning support
25:57 Why does this matter?
29:23 Conclusion
30:32 Thank you
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