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The Dissenter · 2025-07-24 · 45 min · 6,822 words

#1127 Jonathan Losos - Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of the Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lops, and today I'm joined by Dr. Jonathan Losses. He is the William H. Danford Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St.

Louis. And today we're going to talk about his book, Improbable Destinies, Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution. So Dr. Lossez, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have you one.

Uh, the pleasure is mine. Thank you, Ricardo. So let me start by asking you uh how were you influenced by the work of Stephen J. Gould Gould? And I mean what aspects of his work influenced you the most?

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