The Bishop goes on to the human eye, asking rhetorically, and with the…

Richard Dawkins
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The Bishop goes on to the human eye, asking rhetorically, and with the implication that there is no answer, 'How could an organ so complex evolve?' This is not an argument, it is simply an affirmation of incredulity. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2015). The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design, p.48, W. W. Norton & Company
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