PIRSA:21090011

The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection

Baez, J. (2021). The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21090011

Baez, John. The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 15, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21090011 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:21090011,
            doi = {10.48660/21090011},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21090011},
            author = {Baez, John},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2021},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:21090011 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

John Baez University of California, Riverside

DOI 10.48660/21090011
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

In 1930, the famous statistician and geneticist Ronald Fisher claimed to have proved a "fundamental theorem of natural selection". He compared this result to the second law of thermodynamics, and described it as holding "the supreme position among the biological sciences". But others found it obscure, and in its most obvious interpretation it is simply false. Luckily there is a true result closely resembling Fisher's claim: a general theorem connecting dynamical systems and information theory. I'll explain this, give the very simple proof, and draw a few conclusions.

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