{"id":141579,"date":"2022-07-02T21:25:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T02:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/why-life-exists"},"modified":"2022-07-02T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T02:25:19","slug":"why-life-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/why-life-exists","title":{"rendered":"Why Life Exists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Life Exists\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6z9U-tQ5RIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: <a href=\"http:\/\/curiositystream.com\/isaacarthur\">http:\/\/curiositystream.com\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it?<\/p>\n<p>Langton\u2019s Ant Simulator: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.langtonant.com\">http:\/\/www.langtonant.com<\/a>.<br \/> Conway\u2019s Game of Life Simulator: <a href=\"https:\/\/playgameoflife.com\">https:\/\/playgameoflife.com<\/a>.<br \/> Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur<\/a>.<br \/> SFIA Merchandise available: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signil.com\/sfia\/\">https:\/\/www.signil.com\/sfia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media:<br \/> Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/<\/a><br \/> Reddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/<\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur<\/a> on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode\u2019s Audio-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/why-life-exists\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/why-life-exists<\/a>.<br \/> Episode\u2019s Narration-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/why-life-exists-narration-only\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/why-life-exists-narration-only<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<br \/> Alien Civilizations: Conspiratorial Aliens.<br \/> Episode 220, Season 6 E02<\/p>\n<p>Written by:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/why-life-exists\">Continue reading \u201cWhy Life Exists\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http:\/\/curiositystream.com\/isaacarthur. The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it? Langton\u2019s Ant Simulator: http:\/\/www.langtonant.com. Conway\u2019s Game of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}