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Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›
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The Evolution of the Eye, Demystified

Michael Behe in 2006 and Jonathan Wells in 2017 wrote about the irreducible complexity of the light-sensing cascade that makes vision possible. Read More ›
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Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›
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Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design

True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient. Read More ›
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There You Go Again, Nathan Lents

“The human eye is a well-tread [sic] example of how evolution can produce a clunky design,” writes Professor Lents. Read More ›
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The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments

In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs. Read More ›
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Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›
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Eggshell’s Remarkable Design — A Tribute to Mindless Evolution?

The key lies in a triple-layered structure and a protein called osteopontin. Read More ›
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A Heretical Bioengineer Asks: What Do the Darwinists Have to Hide?

They argue our eyes are wired “backward,” a jerry-rigged fix compliments of blind evolution. But we now know that “backward wiring” actually improves oxygen flow. Read More ›
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Design (But Not Design) Is the New Unifying Principle of Biology

The human eye is for seeing, whether or not it has any effect on genetics. However, this common-sense view has a problem. Read More ›

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