Lex Fridman Podcast
#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
Lee Cronin
The more complex the molecule, the more prospect for decomposition, oxidation, reorganization, loss of chirality, and all that jazz. But what life also does is it enriches. As you get older, the amount of carbon-13 in you goes up. because of the way the bonding is in carbon-13. So it has a slightly different bond strength than you. It's called the kinetic isotope effect.
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