Evidence Against "Intelligent Design" (and for evolution) - Vestigial Structures
This vid is a bit long, but I highly recommend watching. It lays out some of the most powerful evidence for evolution (and against ID). The vestigial structures found throughout the animal kingdom are a complete mystery if life came from an "intelligent designer", but make perfect sense if species evolved over time from common ancestors. ----------------------------------------- This video is part of the excellent "Discovering Religion" series. The full playlist is available here: www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=70E757541E8576D7 Test your blind spot: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_spot_%28vision%29#Blind_spot_test A video from Dawkins on "bad design" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZWacjmYm8 Great article on "intelligent design" by Ken Miller: www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/grand/index.html TalkOrigins page on vestiges: www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section2.html Wikipedia page on the subject: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigiality Human vestiges: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_vestigiality Atavisms (evolutionary remnants that occasionally reappear) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism Flightless birds: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flightless_bird Whale evolution: evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03 Argument from Poor Design: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_poor_design More examples of "bad design" oolon.awardspace.com/SMOGGM.htm#nautilus ----------------------------------------- DiscoveringReligion's channel: www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveringReligion/videos?flow=grid&view=1 TRANSCRIPT: discoveringreligion.net/?p=194 WEBSITE: www.discoveringreligion.net FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Discovering-Religion/143122652390020?ref=ts MUSIC CITED: Fila Brazilia - Another Late Night Like Us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/WFLAtheism & www.facebook.com/WeLoveAtheism
