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The Blind Watchmaker
By Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins' 'The Blind Watchmaker' challenges our intuitive sense of design in nature, arguing that life's astonishing complexity is the product of cumulative natural selection, not a conscious creator. This episode explores how intricate biological structures emerge from a process devoid of foresight or intention.
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natural selection, evolutionary biology, biological complexity
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Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of natural selection, evolutionary biology, biological complexity and better judgment in how they apply it.
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Richard Dawkins brings a credible and useful lens to natural selection, evolutionary biology, biological complexity, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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