Tag: Fire-Maker series

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, batteries, carbon-based life, Charles Darwin, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness of nature, Freeman Dyson, intelligent beings, intelligent design, Kepler, magnets, Zeitgeist}

Whatever the Cause, We Are No Accident

_{Michael Denton
August 17, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The unique fitness of nature for carbon-based life and intelligent beings of our biology is an empirical discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 15, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, advanced technology, atmosphere, breathing, carbon, electromagnetic spectrum, embryos, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness of nature, Lawrence Henderson, metabolic energy, oxidation, oxygen, respiration, The Fitness of the Environment, X-ray}

Fire and Fitness: A Summary of the Evidence

_{Michael Denton
August 15, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Surely there could not be an equivalent ensemble of fitness in nature for some other type of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 13, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cornea, fire, Fire-Maker series, Homo sapiens, invertebrates, mammals, muscles, nerve conduction, nervous system, reflexes, walking}

For Fire, Nature Obliges Us with Rapid Reflexes

_{Michael Denton
August 13, 2020

Intelligent Design

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One area where very fast nerve conduction is vital is vision, more specifically, in keeping the eyes fixed on some object in the field of vision while in motion. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, blood, charcoal, circulatory system, Energy, Fire-Maker series, heart, human body, intelligent design, kilns, medical school, metabolic energy, metallurgy, molecular motor, muscles, myosin, oxygen, respiration, respiratory system, strength, wood}

What if Our Muscles Were Less Powerful?

_{Michael Denton
August 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

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As every medical student comes to learn when first dissecting the human body at medical school, our limbs are almost entirely composed of muscles. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 11, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Actin, conformational changes, filaments, Fire-Maker series, intelligent design, molecular motors, muscle cell, muscle contraction, muscles, Nature’s Destiny, power stroke, protein molecules}

Appreciating the Design of Human Muscles

_{Michael Denton
August 11, 2020

Intelligent Design

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It is likely that no further improvement in muscle power can be achieved by increasing the density of packing of the myosin motors. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ants, athletes, fire, Fire-Maker series, gravity, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Mass, muscles, Steven Vogel, terrestrial organisms, vertebrates}

For Fire and More, Humans Are Designed to Have Just the Right Strength

_{Michael Denton
August 10, 2020

Intelligent Design

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How is it that an ant appears proportionately so much stronger than a trained human weight lifter? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, African Savannah, American Scientist, Aristotle, fire, Fire-Maker series, Giant Pagan, Giant Pope, hands, height, Homo floresiensis, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, kilns, kinetic energy, metallurgy, metals, Pilgrim’s Progress, Richard Wagner, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel}

Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire

_{Michael Denton
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, advanced technology, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, kilns, metallurgy, metals, Stone Age, terrestrial organisms}

How Man Became the Fire-Maker

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

3}

Being terrestrial is one obvious requirement. No fully aquatic species could master fire and thus develop metallurgy. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cells, cellulose, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, Goldilocks, humans, leaves, lignin, metallurgy, parsimony, photosynthesis, surface tension, tensile strength, tree trunks, water, wood}

Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony

_{Michael Denton
August 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, evaporation, Fire-Maker series, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, N. Michele Holbrook, Physics Today, steel, Steven Vogel, tensile strength, The Life of a Leaf, trees, water}

A Remarkable Mechanism for the Existence of Large Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics

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The mechanism represents a unique and stunningly brilliant solution to the problem of raising water to the top of large trees. Read More ›