Phenomenal exploration of vision's deep roots! The Russian Doll hypo-thesis really reframes how we think about eyes—that dinoflagellate ocelloid is straight up mind-blowing, a whole eye in a single celled organism. I used to think complexity always came from gradual elaboration, but this merger story has me reconsidering how radically new features can emerge through symbiosis rather then just mutation alone.
Great read!
Thank you ☺️ This is a part 2. Feel free to check out part 1. I hope you’ll like that one too.
Phenomenal exploration of vision's deep roots! The Russian Doll hypo-thesis really reframes how we think about eyes—that dinoflagellate ocelloid is straight up mind-blowing, a whole eye in a single celled organism. I used to think complexity always came from gradual elaboration, but this merger story has me reconsidering how radically new features can emerge through symbiosis rather then just mutation alone.