Tag: Human Errors

Jumping and touching knee with elbow stock photo

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, intelligent design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, poor design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks}

Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

_{Brian Miller
February 12, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, academics, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary, Human Errors, intelligent design, mathematical biology, misinformation, molecular biology, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professionals, researchers, Richard Dawkins, scientific enterprise, scientists, students, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Up from Dawkins: Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me

_{Brian Miller
March 7, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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I wanted to determine whether I was, as Richard Dawkins asserted, an accident of nature. Or was I created by God? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, ankle, BIO-Complexity, bones, common ancestry, evolution, evolutionary processes, Howard Glicksman, Human Errors, intelligent design, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, wrist}

“Pointless Bones”? Nathan Lents Bites at Stuart Burgess’s Ankle

_{David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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From an engineering perspective, the bones of the ankle, in their complex and functional artistry, are very far from “pointless.” Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
January 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, babies, baseball, childbirth, conception, evolution, Evolution News, fallopian tube, Howard Glicksman, Human Errors, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, jellyfish, jesus, koalas, legislators, miracles, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, vitamin C, Your Designed Body}

Life as a Half-Full Glass

_{Marvin Olasky
January 3, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science

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A 2018 book by biologist Nathan Lents is full of complaints about our bodies. Professor Lents has been answered in detail already. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, "poor design", agnostics, ankle, appendix, atheism, bones, Bristol University, Cambridge University, evolution, evolutionary assumptions, Human Errors, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, retina, Stuart Burgess, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, wrist}

Burgess: Claims of “Poor Design” in Skeletal Joints Are Based on Critics’ Lack of Training in Engineering

_{Brian Miller
September 14, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science

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Burgess’s lecture confronts one of the most common abuses of science aimed at suppressing the evidence for design in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, ankle, atheism, bones, engineers, evolution, evolutionists, Human Errors, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Nathan Lents, Peaceful Science, rocks, S. Joshua Swamidass, unintelligent design, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, wrist, YouTube videos}

Stuart Burgess Informs Evolutionist Nathan Lents on the Design Genius of the Ankle and Wrist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Darwinists have been led by their philosophy to misjudge human anatomy. Lents, in his fervor, “ignores biomechanics research,” “ignores engineering research.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bioinformatics, biologists, biosphere, Dan Graur, ENCODE, engineers, evolution, fitness landscape, human body, Human Errors, human genome, junk DNA, Nathan Lents, optimality, pelvis, scientific materialism, teleology, whales, Wikipedia}

Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed

_{Brian Miller
August 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, genome, Human Errors, human genome, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, open reading frame, ORfan genes, orphan genes, undirected evolution, yeast}

Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

_{Paul Nelson
February 11, 2021

Evolution

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A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, application, Center for Science and Culture, chromosomes, genes, Human Errors, intelligent design, mathematical biology, molecular biology, muscles, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professors, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientific materialism, scientists, Seattle, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, The Myth of Human Tails, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Were a Turning Point for Me

_{Brian Miller
January 23, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have connected alumni with scientists who are conducting key research related to the design debate. Other graduates have become professors themselves. Read More ›