Dexa/Mindscape Podcast

Published Nov 18, 2024

Mindscape 296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution

Brandon Ogbunu illuminates the unpredictable nature of evolution through fitness landscapes and complexity science, dissecting the balance between randomness and predictability while contemplating the ethical dimensions of genomic engineering and its applications in disease resistance and drug development.

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- What do geneticists say about improving gene health?
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- How has the understanding of a particular topic evolved?
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- Tell me more about evolutionary biology concepts
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- What role does natural selection play in evolution?
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- What is complexity?
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- What are the limits of genetic adaptation?
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- What is the impact of natural selection?
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- Should we embrace genetic editing?
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- How can biotechnology accomplish genomic reincarnation?
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- How does our understanding evolve?
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- What is the history of genetics in relation to the episode George Church, PhD: Rewriting Genomes to Eradicate Disease and Aging and the clip Human Genome Project?
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- How much of a role does genetics play in fitness and physical performance?
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- What is the nature of analogy?
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- What role does genetics play in human health and behavior?
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- Should we embrace genetic editing as discussed in the episode Talk Your Book: Investing in Science Fiction and the clip Gene Editing Future, and in the episode George Church, PhD: Rewriting Genomes to Eradicate Disease and Aging and the clip Genome Editing Possibilities?
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