Lee Cronin

Oct 8, 2024 | spookysleuth.substack.com | Lee Cronin |Tara Marie

Welcome back to Spooktober, dear readers! Day 8’s movie is one I admittedly watch year-round, but it is a terrifying watch that you’ll never forget. Title: Evil Dead RiseDirected By: Lee CroninRelease Date: April 21, 2023Where to Watch: Max, Hulu, & Youtube (Premium)Synopsis: A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

Sep 11, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Lee Cronin |Sarah-Jane Murray |Jennifer Schnellman

Random beats deterministicBefore we go any further, I must admit something. One of my biggest secrets is that I’m an introvert. And it terrorises me even today – especially when it comes to networking. I cannot interact with people easily at conference settings because when I become brave enough to speak up, I always end up saying something rather too controversial for the group.

Aug 30, 2024 | bigthink.com | Lee Cronin

Lee Cronin: The description for life is very confused. You know, does it need a gene, does it need this, does is need that? And if you ask 10 different biologists what life is, you get 1000 different answers. My definition of life is any system that is able to produce complexity at scale, that's it. It's really simple. So basically you want to have this object, this machine if you like, and it can spit out complex objects, identical numbers of them. And that thing that can do that is living.

Aug 19, 2024 | bigthink.com | Lee Cronin

Lee Cronin: Is the Universe kept inflated because of selection? I mean, that's a wild speculation. I'm gonna say it's wild, but it's worth thinking about. So, the Universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang. That's at least one theory, that we had this kind of infinitely dense start to the Universe. And there's also a theory that, you know, maybe the Universe only gets so far, and then gravity will overcome it, and it drags back.

Aug 15, 2024 | iai.tv | Lee Cronin |Michael Levin

The search for “alien” intelligences isn’t only looking to outer space: some biologists are convinced that weird and wonderful forms of intelligence already exist right here on earth, and that they hold the key to understanding intelligence itself. In this article, Michael Levin tries to shake us out of any assumption that intelligent beings must be embodied in a conventional way.