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Particles of Thought: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea

Has science been missing a fundamental law of nature for centuries?

Particles of Thought: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea NOVA

Premiered September 23, 2025
Particles of Thought: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea

The universe loves making things complicated. From minerals and microbes to languages and societies, complexity keeps showing up — but why? Astrobiologist Mike Wong and mineralogist Bob Hazen think we’re missing a law of nature to explain this phenomenon. Hakeem sits down with them to understand their bold new idea: what they call a Law of Increasing Functional Information.

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