RE: Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)
August 5, 2019 at 8:02 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2019 at 8:04 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(August 5, 2019 at 7:55 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Ok let's pretend consciousness serves no function. This is for the sake of argument, of course. What is the problem exactly? What is it the brain cannot do to account for "blind" perception? I agree that the eye is not enough for high level perception, so what again is the problem?
Well that's it, basically lol. Thats what the OP was about, that the eye is not enough. And I would like to see an evolutionary narrative that takes the rest of the story into account, because it seems to me the only way to avoid many problems with selection is a simultaneous co-evolution between the components, not a single-stepped, one at a time process. For example, what selective pressure can cause the eye patch to curve, before the animal is able to perceive direction? Or what would cause the perception of direction, before the eye patch begins to curve? It seems to me they have to evolve in sync.
