Episode #310: Assembly Theory

Summary

This episode explores Assembly Theory, a novel framework for understanding natural selection and the development of complex structures. Additionally, the hosts discuss the ongoing investigation into ancient stone hunting structures discovered beneath Lake Huron, believed to be around 9000 years old. These topics highlight the intersection of modern science and ancient history.

Key takeaways

• 1Assembly Theory: A new concept for looking at evolution and complexity.
• 29000-year-old stone hunting structures found under Lake Huron.
• 3The importance of ancient structures in understanding human history.
• 4Nature paper detailing Assembly Theory.
• 5Discussions of complex structures in nature and their implications for evolution.

Source

Transcript excerpt

assembly theory in the drop 45 drive lane you are listening to Brothers of the serpent podcast not a normal show folks but nevertheless welcome back ladies and gentlemen boys and girls angels and demons and monsters and serpents this is Brothers of the serpent podcast and we are coming to you totally not live and with no video from the 10x1 X 10 tangent ke science where we are nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high at top of the Edwards Plateau this will be our Christmas episode this year Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to all happy holidays uh so we had planned to have our good buddy or good friend from the Discord Martin on he has uh me megalithic Martin has uh Mega Martin yeah has some good stuff to discuss like maybe a couple shows worth of of material but Kyle has injured himself somehow sleeping it's the most dangerous thing you can do folks so he's really been uh I mean h kind of hobbling around so we we weren't even really able to do the show we had to cancel cosmographia and yeah so I woke up uh with like a crick in my neck and then it just got worse and worse and then and then uh I was trying to like fix it on Sunday night and I made it worse and then Monday morning I woke up and it was like oh my God pinch nerve and uh by 2:30 in the afternoon I was at work uh I just had like excruciating pain down my arm and that was like an hour and a half from home so that I could started driving home and it just oh oh my God some of the worst pain ever...

Excerpt from Brothers of the Serpent, Dec 26, 2023. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.