Tag: human eye
Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics
It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution?
Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design
True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient.
There You Go Again, Nathan Lents
“The human eye is a well-tread [sic] example of how evolution can produce a clunky design,” writes Professor Lents.
The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments
In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs.
Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?
Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!”