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| > JoeUbergamer | ||
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While talking about evolution
with someone, I heard that it would be impossible for something as sophisticated
as the eyeball to come about naturally. Is this true and if so, why?
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| > Kit | ||
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Let's put aside the creationism vs. evolutionism debate, and address this person's statement directly. The eye is a very complicated organ, with three types of light-collecting organelles, one for each of the primary colors. Those collect light through the lens, into the eye cavity, and that's transferred into the brain as an upside down image, which is then translated by the brain into the correct image. | |
| > Professor Utonium | ||
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Granted, the eye is a mastery of optics, but the brain controls what we see, in the end. Therefore, a more compelling argument would be that it would be impossible for something as sophisticated as the brain to come about naturally. And, there are things in nature just as complex, if not moreso, than the eye, that would also have to be addressed, according to your friend's argument.
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| > Bird Bots | ||
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We still didn't fully answer the question. Are you trying to skirt the issue? | |
| > Professor Utonium | ||
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The Box! | |
| >Bird Bots | ||
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We'll be good! Please not the box! | |