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The paper discussed: "Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry"
The essay discussed: ($$ paywall) "Art as a Product of Nature, as a work of Art" by Paul K. Feyerabend
Dragon's Egg, by Robert Forward
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Atlantis's first dispatch on the "Great Phosphine Freakout" of September 2020
Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on the "meaning" of life, as part of 2020 conversation series called "Andromeda Strain and the Meaning of Life."