Richard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eye
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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.
Why HN recommends it: HN uses it as the go-to rebuttal to irreducible complexity, showing that even simple photoreceptors are useful and stages exist in living animals.
“Showing quite clearly how incremental beneficial change leads to the development of complex features.” Read on HN ↗