Institute of Art and Ideas(@IAI_TV):Is evolution really just a blind, purposeless process, or is something more structured going on? Mathematical biologist Denis Noble points to the failure of the "infinite monkeys" theorem (the idea that monkeys typing forever would eventually produce Shakespeare) to argue that pure chance cannot build complexity. If that's true, we may be wrong to keep explaining life as blind, random selection. Tap here to watch the full debate, "The Not So Blind Watchmaker," with Samir Okasha and Eva Jablonka.

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Is evolution really just a blind, purposeless process, or is something more structured going on? Mathematical biologist Denis Noble points to the failure of the "infinite monkeys" theorem (the idea that monkeys typing forever would eventually produce Shakespeare) to argue that pure chance cannot build complexity. If that's true, we may be wrong to keep explaining life as blind, random selection. Tap here to watch the full debate, "The Not So Blind Watchmaker," with Samir Okasha and Eva Jablonka.