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Richard Dawkins explains how eyes evolved

poejavlo · Lecture · 14 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Richard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eye
Why it's here

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

What it covers

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.