Lee Cronin’s Assembly Theory Disputed & Debunked by Dr. Hector Zenil

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Dr. Hector Zenil, an expert in computability, information theory, and systems biology; reviews Assembly Theory as introduced by Lee Cronin and Sara Walker. He explores some of the challenges and limitations that the authors of this theory currently face from the complexity and information-theoretic perspectives as others have also disputed the chemistry and biology in greater detail. References: - The 8 fallacies of Assembly Theory (and much more): https://hectorzenil.medium.com/the-8-fallacies-of-assembly-theory-ba54428b0b45 - A. Uthamacumaran, F.S. Abrahão, N.A. Kiani, H. Zenil, On the Salient Limitations of the Methods of Assembly Theory and their Classification of Molecular Biosignatures, 2022 ( https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.00901.pdf ). - H. Zenil, N.A. Kiani, M-M. Shang, J. Tegnér, Algorithmic Complexity and Reprogrammability of Chemical Structure Networks, Parallel Processing Letters, vol. 28, 2018. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0129626418500056 ( freely available preprint https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.05856.pdf ). - Algorithmic Information Dynamics http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Algorithmic_Information_Dynamics - Dr. Hector Zenil's list of publications: https://www.hectorzenil.com/publications