Episode 1. Carlos Mariscal: What Do We Mean When We Ask, “What Is

Episode 1. Carlos Mariscal: What Do We Mean When We Ask, “What Is Life?”

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Carlos Mariscal is a philosopher at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He collaborates with evolutionary biologists and astrobiologists to explore what it means to be alive. When we ask what is life, Mariscal suggests, we may be asking the wrong question.

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