(January 15, 2015 at 9:54 am)Chas Wrote:(January 13, 2015 at 3:49 am)bob96 Wrote: Dawkin's himself has acknowledged that there is not enough time in the Universe for it to have self assembled, blind mutation after blind mutation.
Please provide a citation for this. Otherwise, it's bullshit.
Actually, I seem to recall this from a TED talk. It was about how evolution is not simply "blind mutation," but is instead constrained and shaped by environmental pressures. Once the process of molecular reproduction begins, mutation and development are anything but blind.
So it's an accurate quote, ripped from context to make it seem as if it means something other than what Dawkins was saying. Quelle Surprise.