For a long time, Biblical creationists have trotted out the empty analogy of the Blind Watchmaker to try to refute the theory that complex organisms evolved by natural selection—or at least persuade people that such a thing couldn’t possibly be true. It’s an argument based on fundamental misunderstanding of the theory as well as some glaring logical flaws, as demonstrated in this sweet video for children:

The Watchmaker

In rebuttal, Chuck Kopec has created his own video. Substituting the terms of the Creationists into the theory of natural selection and plugging these parameters into a very clever computer simulation, he demonstrates that, in fact, evolution is a blind watchmaker.

Evolution IS a Blind Watchmaker

On the same page you can read Kopec’s short discussion about his simulation. Probably, it won’t change any minds, since, as discussed elsewhere on these pages, people don’t necessarily base their beliefs on evidence. But it made my evening!