Daniel Dennett - Is Evolution an Algorithmic Process? Part 6

Produced by:
University of Washington
November 19, 1998
From the Series:
Danz Lecture Series

Description:
Daniel Dennett discusses his research into Darwin's evolutionary theory of natural selection and describes its suggestion of evolution as an algorithmic process.

Speaker(s):
Daniel C. Dennett, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy; director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Daniel
• Dennett
• Atheism
• Philosophy
• Algorithm
• Evolution

[johnclavis]

Fantastic. Dennett's work is entrancing, thought-provoking and inescapably logical. Thanks so much for posting this!

[82abhilash]

Your most welcome. And don't forget to recommend this to all your friends.

[druszaj]

incredibly good

[dmcneill53]

@SeeProfileForDetails

In fact the designed robots were allowed to evolve, they just weren't nearly as good as the "naturally" evolved ones -- again, evolution is smarter than you are.

[DWarrior666]

@SeeProfileForDetails "Oh yeah? Well...GOD CREATED EVOLUTION! TAKE THAT SUCKAZ!" seems like God's work gets pushed further and further back, which *coincidentally* always happens to be the unknown. Agnostics "win", indeed.

[SeeProfileForDetails]

@region1111 atheists = fail agnostics = win

[SeeProfileForDetails]

This video is ridiculous. He finds out that designing something that evolves is smarter than designing something that doesn't evolve. This only proves that a designer could be really clever and design something to be even clever-er in certain respects. Daniel Dennett sure outsmarted himself in this one.

[region1111]

Dennett = win!

Dualists = fail.

[waffles497]

He's like an atheist santa claus

[nbonaparte1]

That's exactly the kind of thing the real world gives you. Sure, you could program in day/night cycles, but you can't possibly add everything.

[6Untitled9]

That was, just brilliant. Such compelling clarity of thought.

Thanks for posting these : )

[highwind8124]

Why is Dennett so loveable? I demand this man play Dr. Light in a Megaman movie. Or some scientist. The scientist from Spirits Within.  Something. Stick him in a movie.