Author: Steve Laufmann

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 15, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological systems, biologists, biology, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, control systems, degradation, engineering, engineers, events, intelligent design, lifecycle processes, living systems, medical practitioners, process designers, resilience, Seattle, Seattle University, systems modelers, theory of stasis, theory of the generative}

You’re Invited: CELS 2025 Applications Are Open!

_{Steve Laufmann
April 15, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Camp Copass, causal circularity, CELS, coherence, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, engineers, graduate students, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, medical researchers, optimization, post-docs}

Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

_{Steve Laufmann
February 17, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, "poor design", Abby Hafer, abuse, aesthetics, aging, breathing, choking, communication, constraints, degeneration, disease, epiglottis, esophagus, evolution, evolutionists, gastrointestinal system, intelligent design, larynx, lungs, multiple sclerosis, Nathan Lents, Parkinson’s disease, pharynx, respiratory system, singing, speech, stroke, syllogism, tongue, trade-offs}

The Supposed Bad Design of the Human Pharynx

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
December 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The pharynx affords us the abilities to breathe and swallow, but it does much more. It affords the ability for speech, language, and singing. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
December 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cells, cochlea, eardrum, hearing, Howard Glicksman, human body, incus, inner ear, inner ear canals, intelligent design, malleus, middle ear, nerve impulses, Organ of Corti, outer ear, pinna, pitch, Steve Laufmann, tendons, tympanic membrane, Your Designed Body}

Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
December 7, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The human ear can detect sound when the eardrum is displaced by as little as one-tenth the diameter of a single hydrogen atom. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, artifacts, bone marrow, bones, cardiovascular system, cells, choreography, coffee, coordination, gastrointestinal system, human body, Immune System, integration, intelligent design, lymphatic system, nervous system, orchestration, organization, oxygen, red blood cells, reproductive system, respiratory system, sawmill, single-celled organism, skeletal system, skin, specialization}

Your Intelligently Designed Body Is a System of Systems

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 30, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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To be alive, every cell in your body needs solutions to a complicated set of problems. Read More ›

Close-up of male hands skillfully playing the piano, showcasing professional piano technique.

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
November 23, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, architecture, blood, color, colors, darkness, death, ears, equilibrium, evolution, excerpt, eyes, heart, human body, information, intelligent design, life, light, lungs, medicine, oxygen, photons, physicians, piano, Richard Dawkins, running, Steve Laufmann, swimming, systems, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Walt Whitman}

“Poor Design”? Actually, the Human Body Is Amazing; Here’s Why

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 23, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Reproductive Science

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If someone suggests that a coherent, interdependent system of systems arose by chance, they’ll need to back that up with a detailed engineering analysis. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteriophages, biological systems, biologists, CELS 2021, Center for Science and Culture, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denton, Discovery Institute, ecosystems, Engineering Research Group, engineers, human body, information, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, molecules, researchers, Texas}

CELS 2021 — A Report from the Trenches

_{Steve Laufmann
June 11, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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In this workshop-like setting, a group of 60 biologists, engineers, medical practitioners, and researchers from related disciplines assembled for three days. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", "poor design", bones, cartilage, constraints, Darwinists, Douglas Axe, evolution, global warming, Günter Bechly, human body, Human Errors, intelligent design, ligaments, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, nuclear war, physiology, Royal Society, Scott Minnich, tendons, Wall Street Journal, War and Peace, wrist}

The “Botched” Human Body, Revisited

_{Steve Laufmann
June 18, 2018

Anatomy, Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As a systems architect, I’ve spent decades designing and implementing large and complex systems of information systems. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adaptability, aesthetics, bad design, blood pressure, brain, disease, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk, logical fallacy, Matti Leisola, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, redundancy, Richard Dawkins, robustness}

Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

_{Steve Laufmann
April 18, 2018

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
September 6, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, corona, crickets, Diamond Ring, photography, sun, Texas, total eclipse, totality, Wyoming}

My Photos from the Eclipse

_{Steve Laufmann
September 6, 2017

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

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I drove up to Wyoming last month to photograph the eclipse. It was my first totality. Very cool. Read More ›