Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:Michael’s <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/michael-lachmann">webpage</a><a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/lauren-meyers">Lauren Ancel Meyers</a>Carl Bergstrom’s <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/new-book-calling-bullshit">Calling Bullshit</a>Michael’s work on the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188021">Neandertal genome</a><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x">Information’s impact on fitness</a>Michael, <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/sara-walker">Sara Walker</a>, <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/chris-kempes">Chris Kempes</a> and <a href="http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/members/Lee/">Lee Cronin</a>, herein the #OriginsOfLifeLeague<a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-schrodingers-cat-say-about-3d-printers-on-mars">Life ≠ Alive</a>

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Michael’s webpage Lauren Ancel Meyers Carl Bergstrom’s Calling Bullshit Michael’s work on the Neandertal genome Information’s impact on fitness Michael, Sara Walker, Chris Kempes and Lee Cronin, herein the #OriginsOfLifeLeague Life ≠ Alive

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:Michael’s <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/michael-lachmann" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a><a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/lauren-meyers" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lauren Ancel Meyers</a>Carl Bergstrom’s <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/new-book-calling-bullshit" rel="noopener noreferrer">Calling Bullshit</a>Michael’s work on the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188021" rel="noopener noreferrer">Neandertal genome</a><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x" rel="noopener noreferrer">Information’s impact on fitness</a>Michael, <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/sara-walker" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sara Walker</a>, <a href="https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/chris-kempes" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chris Kempes</a> and <a href="http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/members/Lee/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lee Cronin</a>, herein the #OriginsOfLifeLeague<a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-schrodingers-cat-say-about-3d-printers-on-mars" rel="noopener noreferrer">Life ≠ Alive</a>

#010 with Michael Lachmann

A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts.

Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears as a hoop might actually be a perpetual-motion machine.  What appears as a slime might alter space-time.

Spend too much time in the Zone and your genes might mutate, your bones might dissolve, your body might be ground into meat. If you’re lucky enough to make it out alive, you’ll likely be imprisoned. But a successful trip in and out of the Zone could alter human history. Do you dare? And for what?

Hosted by Caitlin McShea.

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A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts. Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears as a hoop might actually be a perpetual-motion machine. What appears as a slime might alter space-time. Spend too much time in the Zone and your genes might mutate, your bones might dissolve, your body might be ground into meat. If you’re lucky enough to make it out alive, you’ll likely be imprisoned. But a successful trip in and out of the Zone could alter human history. Do you dare? And for what? Hosted by Caitlin McShea.

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