The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

Among blind watchmen, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins proposed a discussion to support the validity of Darwin mutation, cumulative evolution and natural selection theory as the sole reliable interpretation of biological evolution. In Chapter 7, Dawkins discussed the main concepts of "arms race competition" and "red queen hypothesis". It is the concept that organisms must constantly adapt and develop to cope with different selection pressures. .

In The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins argues that analogy of watches confounds complex organisms and inanimate objects that can self-propagate (and may become more complicated over time). Complexity that can not pass breeding changes (such as many parts made by a clock). Due to this important difference, the comparison failed. In the episode of BBC's Skyline called The Blind Watchmaker, Dawkins said Paley's claim was "wrong and elegant." In both cases, he believed that Paley made a mistake about the solution to the problem, but Dawkins did not disregard him. Steven Pinker, in his article "The Big Bang", described Dawkins' report on Paley's claim and added: "Today's biologist is not opposed to Paley's solution to this problem."

For example, incorporating the classic assertion of William Paley, the design in life means that the designer is as clear as the design of the watch. In The Blind Watchmaker, described later in 15, Richard Dawkins asserts - error - Perry is wrong. "Perry is not only judging the similarity of life and machinery but also very reasonable to guess that the technical wisdom realized in the living system far exceeds what has not yet been achieved ) Then Denton summarized the views on the origin of life (p. 341) as follows.