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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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“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.”

— Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker

What it is about

natural selection, evolutionary biology, biological complexity

Who it is for

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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Richard Dawkins

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