Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Could black holes be creating new universes? And could evolution explain why the universe appears so fine tuned for life? This video investigates cosmological natural selection, a theory proposed by Lee Smolin, who appears in the film to explain the idea in his own words. The theory suggests that universes reproduce via black holes, with natural selection favoring universes that produce stars, structure, and more black holes. Featuring insights from other leading experts including cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi, Oxford philosopher Simon Saunders, this film dives deep into one of the most fascinating scientific responses to the fine-tuning problem in modern cosmology.
"Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist," Richard Dawkins
Could black holes be creating new universes? And could evolution explain why the universe appears so fine tuned for life? This video investigates cosmological natural selection, a theory proposed by Lee Smolin, who appears in the film to explain the idea in his own words. The theory suggests that universes reproduce via black holes, with natural selection favoring universes that produce stars, structure, and more black holes. Featuring insights from other leading experts including cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi, Oxford philosopher Simon Saunders, this film dives deep into one of the most fascinating scientific responses to the fine-tuning problem in modern cosmology.
"Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist," Richard Dawkins
