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Axe on Darwinian Leaps and the Design Intuition

Biologic Institute director Douglas Axe has an intriguing and worthwhile essay posted online, “Leaping into Trouble,” where he points out that:

Darwinists have always recognized the existence of an intuitive barrier that prevents many of us from joining them. Human understanding of complex things is strongly shaped by our experiences with human technology. You don’t have to be an engineer to appreciate in some way the extraordinary difficulty of getting physical systems to perform extraordinary tasks. Technology doesn’t just happen. It only comes with sizable investments of genius and diligence, along with more than a little patience.

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