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Christmas Lectures: Is The Universe Designed? Part 02

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

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The Argument from Design and its Implications

This chapter explores Paley's argument comparing a stone and a watch to argue for the existence of a divine watchmaker. It counters the argument with the theory of natural selection and highlights the complexity of a designer itself. It also discusses imperfections in natural objects and contrasts the design process in humans with that found in animals.

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