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It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of… — Richard Dawkins

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It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.

Richard Dawkins
1986
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On natural selection.

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Natural selectionEvolution
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1986
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Richard Dawkins
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Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. Norton & Company, 1986, ch. 1.

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