Vestigial Organs Is a Vestigial Argument

Chapters

00:00

Introduction

00:39

What vestigial organs were supposed to be

01:34

Why no one likes the vestigial organs argument anymore

03:04

An argument from ignorance

04:03

All you need is a function!

05:08

‘De-volving’ not evolving

05:08

Gaining or locing functions(?)

08:36

The scorched earth policy

14:20

There’s too much design in nature for evolution

15:17

Summary & wrap-up

What does “vestigial” really mean? Are alleged vestigial organs evidence of evolution or devolution? How the notion is a science-stopper by hindering research on these organs.

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