Veritasium’s “The Most Controversial Idea in Biology” strolls through everything from why poop stinks (thanks microbes) to the dawn of life and gene mutations. You’ll learn how simulated evolution works, how natural selection shapes who we are, what’s truly inherited, and why organisms often act “selfishly” to spread their genes.
After exploring kin selection and Richard Dawkins’ landmark Selfish Gene thesis, the video even ponders if life itself might be a grand simulation—an entertaining, expert-backed tour that makes a heavyweight concept surprisingly digestible.
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