Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

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"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Source
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Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

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An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Source
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