THE VIDEO SHELF · evolution of the eye
Richard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eye
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 readers recommended 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.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- poejavlo
- Topic
- evolution of the eye
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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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]
adrusi on Hacker News · 2016-02
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yarg on Hacker News · 2023-01
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