Science Is Reconsidering Evolution

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Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene faces a formidable challenge as biophysicist Denis Noble makes a case for evolution driven by purpose, intention and a collective intelligence of organisms. ▶️ Read the article on Forbes.com https://rb.gy/db2ahv ▶️ Subscribe: https://rb.gy/qqo0i For more information and research discussed in the video and article : 📌 Scientific Journal Nature: Does Evolutionary Theory Need A Rethink? (2014) co-written by 15 scientists in the field: “The number of biologists calling for change in how evolution is conceptualized is growing rapidly.” https://rb.gy/t6y99w 📌 The Royal Society – Interface Focus: Evolution by Natural Induction (2025) by Richard A. Watson, Michael Levin, and Tim Lewens. Challenges the assumption that natural selection is the sole source of evolutionary adaptation, introducing natural induction as an intelligent adaptive process arising from dynamical biological networks rather than population-level selection alone: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2025.0025 📌 The Royal Society: New Trends In Evolutionary Biology: Biological, Philosophical And Social Science Perspectives (2017) https://rb.gy/c2lkss 📌 Scientific Journal of Physiology Editorial on THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EVOLUTION (2024) co-edited with Noble and Michael Joyner of the Mayo Clinic: https://rb.gy/m45isa 📌 How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology (2023), by Philip Ball, former editor of the journal Nature: “Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation.” https://rb.gy/90jnwk 📌 MIT Press: Evolution “On Purpose” (2023) co-written by Noble and 5 other scientists https://rb.gy/2d9il7 📌 The Future of Origin of Life Research: Bridging Decades-Old Divisions (2022) published in the scientific journal Life, co-written by 25 Origins of Life (abiogenesis) researchers https://rb.gy/h12j9e 📌 Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity by Denis Noble’s (2017): https://rb.gy/beyp8s 📌 Scientific Journal BMJ Medicine: Study on the poor performance of polygenic risk scores (2023): https://rb.gy/ko5f2v 📌 Scientific Journal Nature: Mutation bias study (2022): https://rb.gy/ccku9k 📌 The 2022 Noble/Dawkins IAI debate: https://rb.gy/sdonx0 @TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas‬ ▶️ Subscribe here: https://rb.gy/qqo0i Subtitles [CC] have been proofread by a human :) Interview edited for time. Integrity of expert commentary respected and preserved. ___________________ ▶️ My articles on Forbes: https://rb.gy/pstfz _________________ I’m Andréa Morris, an interdisciplinary researcher dedicated to advancing the field of investigative journalism, contributing more than 80 science and tech news stories to Forbes. My work explores complexity science, theory of mind, consciousness, intelligence, inspiration, intuition, motivation, productivity, creative problem-solving and the exploration of diverse intelligence—substrate independent. This channel features documentary style interviews with subject matter experts, highlighting research that informs my reporting. It also examines the philosophy underpinning scientific paradigms, challenging assumptions and addressing human exceptionalism in the context of generative AI, LLM, AGI, machine learning, exponential technology, and credible accounts of UAP. At the heart of this channel is a commitment to continual learning, critical thinking, and the joy of lifelong learning.