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The Blind Watchmaker

by Richard Dawkins

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Podcasts that mention The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

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Episode: Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #269

Published on March 11, 2022

This relates to the blind watchmaker argument, which questions how something complex, like a watch, could spontaneously emerge. Well, it doesn't; it's a lineage of lesser watches and devices that couple and bootstrap onto one another.

The mention of the 'blind watchmaker argument' refers to the idea of how complex systems can emerge from simpler components. This is an implicit reference to Richard Dawkins' book, 'The Blind Watchmaker', which explores evolution and the process of natural selection.

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