Tag: “poor design”
Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science
Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human.
Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?
Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe).
Francis Collins: A Methodological Materialist When He Feels Like It
Imagine a boy who tells a girl he could climb to Jupiter because a natural ladder stretches from our planet to it.
Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed
Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature.
Michael Behe: What About “Bad” Designs in Biology? And Other Questions
Also in the mix, the issue of academic pressure to distance oneself from ID, even before those involved understand what the theory actually is.