The Original Narcissist

[Lizzie]

....I wonder if this piece would make for a good short explanation of the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_th..._evolution

I heard once that life doesn't know what you need, you have to tell it what you need (you meaning the species). I think that this is what your article is getting at, yes?

Actually, I remember now where I learned it: on Netflix streaming, there's a show with Neil Degrasse Tyson called "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey." Episode 2 talks about natural selection, and I believe that's where I heard that phrase.