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Talk about intelligence in design!
Amongst a very large number of apparent “designs” in nature that certainly won’t compete for any efficiency awards, the laryngeal nerve of many mammals is a magnificent piece of bad engineering. The extreme case of a giraffe is discussed in this video by Richard Dawkins -and would make a great souvenir for Michael Behe’s living room.
It doesn’t matter how many times we see evolutionary traits being developed in a seemingly ridiculous fashion. Some people will still see intelligence in any crappy design…
It doesn’t matter how many times we see evolutionary traits being developed in a seemingly ridiculous fashion. Some people will still see intelligence in any crappy design…
1. Chris
Good one. But I doubt that it will disturb the ID clubbers. It may even be that there is a useful function for this apparently ridiculously long nerve.
A permanent way of dismissing the ID detractors evidence is to point out that they don’t insist that the designer always get it spot on - perhaps he was behind schedule. They can then welcome and ignore “evidence” as suits their theory.
I’d rather fit a theory to suit the evidence.
A permanent way of dismissing the ID detractors evidence is to point out that they don’t insist that the designer always get it spot on - perhaps he was behind schedule. They can then welcome and ignore “evidence” as suits their theory.
I’d rather fit a theory to suit the evidence.
One thing I love to hate in the IDiot movement, is their insistence of irreducible complexity -or in other words: “this looks very complex, it must have been designed because I don’t understand how it may have occurred otherwise!”
After the Dover trial, I wonder how they still have the face to repeat the same bulls**t again and again…
After the Dover trial, I wonder how they still have the face to repeat the same bulls**t again and again…
3. Chris
… it’s because they’re on a mission from God.
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