We tend to think of life as a box. DNA goes in the box. Reproduction, metabolism, response to stimuli check all the boxes, and you have life.
But what if life isn’t a checklist? What if it’s a direction? A process? A pattern that appears when enough structure and time come together?
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - What Does It Even Mean to Be Alive?
07:13 - The Universe Builds Complexity—Just Like Life
14:46 - The Anthropic Coincidence: Too Perfect to Be Random?
20:39 - Panpsychism: Is Consciousness Everywhere?
27:22 - Quantum Weirdness and the Observer Effect
33:53 - Gaia Theory… But Bigger
41:04 - The Universe Looks at Itself Through Us
46:12 - Counter Arguments: Just Patterns, Not a Person
50:55 - So… Could the Universe Be Alive?