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"By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning."
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"The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time."
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