Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Our understanding in the field of biology is still in its infancy, according to evolutionary biologist, Bret Weinstein. Where there are gaps in our biological understanding, we use metaphor to reach an approximation of the truth. This excerpt is from our soon-to-be-released 2025 Sophia Lectures which, this year, explore the seemingly miraculous character of nature through an evolutionary lens.

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