Natural selection
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Natural selection has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Oct 2025).
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in the relative fitness endowed on them by their own particular complement of observable characteristics. It is a key law or mechanism of evolution which changes the heritable traits characteristic of a population or species over generations. Charles Darwin popularised the term "natural selection", contrasting it with artificial selection, which is intentional, whereas natural selection is not.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show |
| Field | Biology, Evolutionary Theory |
Who talks about Natural selection on podcasts?
Natural selection came up; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
What is Natural selection mentioned alongside?
Natural selection is most often mentioned alongside DeepMind, Joshua Bengio and The New York Times Magazine.
Mentioned together: DeepMind, Joshua Bengio, The New York Times Magazine, Reinforcement learning (RL), Silicon Valley, Ezra Klein, ChatGPT, Claude, AI alignment, Gemini