RE: Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)
August 5, 2019 at 6:56 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2019 at 6:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 5, 2019 at 6:33 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:So far, specifically, with regards to you questions about qualia and vision, yes. I have no idea what you may wonder about next or whether there’s a current evolutionary explanation for it, or whether I’m aware of whatever evolutionary explanation, if any, exists for it.(August 5, 2019 at 6:26 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Well still see mistaken beliefs about evolutionary theory.
No, no, don't start. We're clarifying our positions so we know where we disagree, remember? So far, I think evolution has to explain the emergence of function, and you only know that it has done so, so far.
Quote:The next step, which is where the OP beings, is me saying that evolutionary narratives of how the eye evolved, which make no reference to the evolution of the rest of the visual system, are simplistic if not misleading. Do you agree?I do not, and additionally would state that it doesn’t matter, as there are also explanations of the eye as it relates to qualia.
An explanation of the evolutionary pathways eyes have taken will be more accurate with respect to eyes if it focused on eyes than it would be if it jumped all over the place.
That’s why researchers specialize in just one or two facts of a matter.
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