#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/ Manolis Twitter: https://twitter.com/manoliskellis Manolis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKlJ5LHrE3C7fgbnPA5DGA

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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:48) - Music and life (46:21) - The number 42 (52:22) - The question about the meaning of life (55:02) - Are humans unique in the universe? (1:00:46) - Human civilization (1:12:52) - Mars (1:14:45) - Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality (1:25:38) - Neural networks and intelligence (1:32:55) - Ideas as organisms (1:42:19) - Language (1:53:34) - Legacy (2:08:25) - Poems

SONGS MENTIONED: [1] Dwros Gewrgiadis - An imoun plousios

[2] Grigoris Bithikotsis - Ftoxologia

[3] Sto perigiali to kryfo

[4] Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror

[5] George Michael - Careless Whisper

[6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani - Pull Marine

[7] Georges Moustaki - Le meteque

[8] Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas

[9] Sting - Englishman In New York

[10] Sting - Fragile

[11] Pink Floyd - The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free)

[12] Pink Floyd - The Wall (One Of My Turns)

[13] Sting - Russians

[14] Joni Mitchell - Both sides now

[15] Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

[16] Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Lucky One

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