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We don't really understand how life got going on our planet. There are various candidates for where the first molecules of life might have evolved, and some of those candidates are deeply volcanic.
Professor of Earth Sciences
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with Michael Muthukrishna
One of the enduring questions for humanity is what makes humans so different from other animals. The answer to that question is that we discovered a new source of information to guide our behavior that untethered us from mere genes, or just what information we could acquire in our lifetimes.
Professor of Economic Psychology
with Tamsin Mather
There is a sense of looking to volcanoes and their power and recognising our own power as well, and with that power comes a great sense of responsibility.
Professor of Earth Sciences
with Steve Fleming
There is evidence that artificial systems can form sophisticated representations of other minds. Whether they are also then doing that to themselves and to their own processes is still very much an open question.
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
with Samuel Moyn
Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, examines the development of human rights.
Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale University
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