Cosmos with Neil De Grasse Tyson Premieres Tonight

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Squashes Creationist Argument Against Science on National TV

During this week's episode, Tyson discussed the evolution of the eye, something declared for years by creationists as unexplainable by evolution, and thus evidence that life must be intelligently designed. Tyson masterfully explained how the eye evolved and how well scientists understand this evolution.

The "Cosmos" host also touched on how many species have evolved an eye, but did leave out the fact that there are over 40 known independent eye evolutions, something that very clearly discredits any intelligent design.

However, these facts mean nothing to creationists. Not long after "Cosmos" aired, Jay W. Richards, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute (DI), a non-science, religious based foundation that fights to discredit evolution and replace it with faith based creationism, tweeted:

On eye evolution, the #Cosmos editors again failed to do a Google Search[.]

Richards' Twitter missive linked to a Discovery Institute PDF download that supposedly debunks the evolution of the eye claim. Yet the PDF is nothing more than praise for the Christian Right pundit Ann Coulter and a lambasting of Richard Dawkins, DI's public enemy number one.

When I was watching the segment about the evolution of the eye, I just had a huge grin on my face the whole time. Not only was it beautifully explained, but I could just imagine all the creationists stewing in their frustration and rage over it. It was glorious television.