16Mar 2024 by Post

The Incredible Design of Muscles

Andrew McDiarmid, antagonists, biochemistry, circulatory system, Complexity, connective tissue, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, Intelligent Design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscles, nervous system, respiratory system, skeletal system, synergists, tendons
To understand the limitations of evolutionary mechanisms, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity,” as biochemist Michael Behe writes. Source
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07Mar 2024 by Post

Up from Dawkins: Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me

academics, alumni, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Springs, Discovery Institute, Education, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary, Glen Eyrie Castle, Human Errors, Intelligent Design, mathematical biology, misinformation, molecular biology, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professionals, researchers, Richard Dawkins, scientific enterprise, scientists, students, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, Unlocking the Mystery of Life
I wanted to determine whether I was, as Richard Dawkins asserted, an accident of nature. Or was I created by God? Source
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30Nov 2023 by Post

The Sense of Hearing Is a Masterpiece of Engineering

articular bone, auricle, birds, cerebral cortex, ceruminous glands, cochlea, columella, deafness, ear, ear canal, eardrum, electrical signals, Engineering, equilibrium, fish, foresight, hair cells, hearing, Howard Glicksman, Human Origins, incus, Intelligent Design, malleus, middle ear, nasopharynx, natural selection, ossicles, outer ear, oval window, pinna, quadrate bone, reptiles, saccule, sound waves, stapes, Steve Laufmann, tectorial membrane, temporal bone, temporal lobes, tympanic membrane, utricle, vertebrates, vibrations, Your Designed Body
It strains credulity to suppose that an unguided process of random variation sifted by natural selection could assemble such a delicately arranged system. Source
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27Oct 2023 by Post

Understanding the Biochemistry — and Intelligent Design — of Muscle Contraction

acetyl choline, acetylcholine, Actin, ADP, ATP, axon terminal, biochemistry, biology, calcium ions, electrical stimulation, endoplasmic reticulum, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, ion channels, motor neuron, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscle relaxation, muscles, myocytes, myofibrils, myosin, nerve impulse, neurotransmitter, polarization, repolarization, sarcoplasmic reticulum, sliding filament model, sodium ions, titin, transverse tubules, tropomyosin, troponin, undirected process
Muscle contraction, which we so easily take for granted, is an incredibly complex and elegant process. Source
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11Oct 2023 by Post

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

biology, Brian Miller, digital camera, Emily Reeves, Engineering, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, genetics, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, mankind, Mark Garcia, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, philosophy, physiology, Podcast, skeletal joints, Steve Laufman, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith
Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Source
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29Sep 2023 by Post

Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

aerodynamic drag, aircraft wings, airfoil, Andrew M. King, animal designs, automobiles, automotive designs, Barracuda, beetle, biology, body profiles, Bronco, cars, constraints, curves, drag coefficient, Engineering, environmental requirements, Evolution, eyes, functional requirements, gills, headlights, Impala, Intelligent Design, interface requirements, Jaguar, Mustang, Paper Digest, peer-reviewed literature, performance requirements, Ram, Stuart C. Burgess, symmetry, tail, The Design Journal, trout, wholeness
The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Source
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05Sep 2023 by Post

What’s Driving Darwin’s Driverless Car?

"survival of the fittest", abductive inference, adaptation, blind drivers, CELS, Charles Darwin, Charles Kocher, Columbia University, Current Biology, Darwinian Evolution Machine, driver, driverless car, Engineering, equilibrium, Eric Anderson, Evolution, fitness ratcheting, fitness valleys, golfers, gravity, Herbert Spencer, ignition, Intelligent Design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ken Dill, Mars, Mars rovers, molecular machines, New Zealand, orbits, planets, PNAS, rollercoaster, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selective pressure, software, sponges, TEDx talk, University of Otago, University of Sydney, Victoria University, water
What drives natural selection? Evolutionary forces. What are evolutionary forces? They’re what drive natural selection. Source
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