How evolution can make an eye (Nominees for the 2023 Golden Crocoduck award)
This is the first of three videos introducing nominees for the revived Golden Crocoduck award, for the biggest breach of the 9th Commandment in pursuit of the creationist cause.
But oh dear, I seem to have upset Kyle, the second nominee. He now wants to claim his video was an "inside joke," whatever that means. You'll find his retraction here: • Video
At the same time, he posts a lot of other nonsense claims which, I'm guessing he will also claim are an 'inside joke.'
In addition to claiming he was joking, Kyle says he took the video down a year ago (September 2022.) This isn't true, because I received his nomination in October 22, and later downloaded it. Unfortunately, taking a video down does not disqualify the nomination.
The Golden Crocoduck award has been revived by popular demand. But instead of one video a month throughout the year, there will be three nominee videos in the lead-up to the award ceremony on October 28.
And instead of a public vote, which used to be the norm, I will decide the winner myself. The downsized award is because of increased work commitments, which I announced a few years back when the GC award was suspended.
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