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Richard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eye

poejavlo · 238.5K views · 2012-05-05 · 14:10

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An excerpt from Richard Dawkins's lecture on Climbing Mount Improbable demonstrating how a complex eye can evolve through incremental steps. It answers the creationist irreducible complexity argument.

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HN uses it as the go-to rebuttal to irreducible complexity, showing that even simple photoreceptors are useful and stages exist in living animals.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2013–2023

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Evolution & geneticsReligion, belief & skepticism
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richard dawkinsevolutionirreducible complexityeyenatural selection

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yarg · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Dawkins invalidating the notion that the eye is irreducably complex: [VIDEO] . Showing quite clearly how incremental beneficial change leads to the development of complex features. But it will never matter to creationists: [LINK] . (Don't even bother with that last link.) They'll always just build another straw man.

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adrusi · 2016-02 · Recommendation

Actually the history of the eye has been farily well understood, and the various stages of its evolution can be seen in animals that exist today. Dawkins explains it: [VIDEO]

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gleglegle · 2018-12 · Reference

Makes me think of Dawkins' demonstration of eye evolution, where he shows the usefulness of even simple photo-receptor designs: [VIDEO]

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