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Gregory Chaitin: Complexity, Metabiology, Gödel, Cold Fusion, and What is Randomness?

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

CHAPTER

Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and the Complexity of the World

This chapter explores the concept of extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) and its incorporation of niche construction, epigenetics, stress-induced mutations, and multi-level selection. It discusses the need for an extended version of evolutionary theory to explain the complexity of the world, challenges in formulating a mathematical theory for realistic aspects of evolution, and draws analogies to information theory and physics. The chapter also critiques the selfish gene concept and discusses differing viewpoints on biology and evolution.

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