Origin of life, Science and Faith
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This is a conversation with Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy. Ram is an Associate Professor at the Scripps research institute in the chemistry department. His research group works on prebiotic chemistry with a focus on origin of life. In this conversation we talk about major hypothesis proposed for origin of life, what is life, hype created by media, what origins of life research is lacking, and Ram's views on faith and science.
About the guest
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:59 Ram's scientific career
00:04:18 Association with NASA
00:06:23 Major hypothesis for origin of life
00:12:33 What is missing in RNA world?
00:17:36 The process of origin of life
00:22:26 Precursors of nucleic acids in prebiotic environment
00:30:18 Transformation of chemistry to biology
00:31:55 Multiple origin of life events
00:34:10 Life forms without oxygen
00:38:41 Hype created by media about origin of life research
00:41:26 Progress in origin of life work
00:44:38 Earth's chemistry and exobiology
00:49:49 Goldilocks zones and life
00:50:49 Origin of life, science and faith
01:07:45 Indian Philosophy
01:08:29 Further questions
01:09:39 Further reading
01:11:00 Thank you!