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Eva Jablonka discusses goal-directedness in animals and its relationship with evolution.
What does this mean for how we understand evolution itself?
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For decades, evolution has been told as a simple story: random genes change, natural selection does the rest. But what if that story has been missing something fundamental, something that looks, uncomfortably, like purpose? Join Evolution in Four Dimensions author Eva Jablonka as she confronts one of biology's most contested questions: can living systems be genuinely goal-directed, and if so, what does that mean for how we understand evolution itself?
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Eva Jablonka, Professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University, is an evolutionary theorist and geneticist whose work pushes biology beyond a strictly gene-centred view of life.
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Eva Jablonka discusses goal-directedness in animals and its relationship with evolution.
What does this mean for how we understand evolution itself?
With a free trial, you can watch the full talk NOW at iai.tv/video/eva-jablonka-evolution-beyond-genes?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
For decades, evolution has been told as a simple story: random genes change, natural selection does the rest. But what if that story has been missing something fundamental, something that looks, uncomfortably, like purpose? Join Evolution in Four Dimensions author Eva Jablonka as she confronts one of biology's most contested questions: can living systems be genuinely goal-directed, and if so, what does that mean for how we understand evolution itself?
#evolution #biology #consciousness
Eva Jablonka, Professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University, is an evolutionary theorist and geneticist whose work pushes biology beyond a strictly gene-centred view of life.
The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today! iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=https://iai.tv/video/eva-jablonka-evolution-beyond-genes
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