Eyes are one of the fastest organs to develop simply because small mutations in structure can convey enormous advantages. There's also a very clear through line between light sensitive patches, cup shaped light sensitive patches, pinhole eyes, and complex eyes. Every stage on the road to complex eyes gives some kind of distinct advantage.

Eyes remain simple for a long time only because complicated eyes weren't necessary for early creatures to be successful. The moment more complex eyes began to convey a competitive advantage, they developed in a flash, evolutionarily speaking.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's really funny to hear you say that, when I was being taught young earth creationism that was one of the examples they loved were eyes, especially like octopus eyes for some reason. But then you actually look at evolution and it's clear how eyes evolved.

[–] LeonTreatsky@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've heard of that before. It's quite funny to me because I grew up surrounded by a lot of extremely academic Catholics for whom every new detail about biology, physics, and mathematics became an affirmation of the wonders of creation.

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

For all its issues, the Catholic Church has had to adapt to survive as an institution, so mechanisms for change and ideological wiggle room were built in over the last 500 or so years. This is in contrast to groups like Southern Baptists and other fundamentalists, whose purpose is to be an ideological lock on other institutions, namely slavery and then Jim Crow. The point of Biblical literalism is to demand ideological obedience without wiggle room.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Do you have anything I can read/watch on eye evolution specifically? I love this biology stuff damn

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn bro I already opened my third eye now you’re telling me I got a fourth in there???

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My fourth eye is calcified.

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

goddamn aluminum manufacturers

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

nerd

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Words cannot convey how angry I am right now that I don't have extra eyes

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well you have a pineal gland which is where your soul lives so perhaps be grateful for what you have

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

where your soul lives

Making generous assumptions about the condition of my soul

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

should of asked the devil for those other two eyes back shrug-outta-hecks

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

This is what they took from you

[–] muirc@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

NEEERRRRDS!

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

myllokunmingids

I'm dyslexic and I love scientific names I can't pronounce.

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Ninja edit

mil-o-kun-min-gids - Oh, thanks again scientists! My joke doesn't even work!

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda crazy that the pineal gland fans had a point.

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

sicko-wistful