Tag: joints

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anatomy, anger, auditory system, awareness, biochemistry, Biological Psychiatry, biology, botany, brain, central nervous system, Champalimaud Foundation, Darwinian evolution, design sense, Douglas Axe, engineering, environment, False Messiah, fear, Helene Langevin, holistic approach, homeostasis, hunger, insular cortex, intelligent design, interoception, joints, limbs, Lisbon, mice, microbiology, muscles, Neil Thomas, neurons, neuroscience, organs, parasites, physiology, PIEZO1, Piezo2, PLOS Biology, Portugal, proprioception, Scripps Research, somatosensory cortex, space, stress, Systems Biology, TIME, Trends in Neurosciences, Undeniable (book), Wen G. Chen, zoology}

Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 1, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

11}

We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, bioengineering, durability, engineers, evolution, flexibility, human knee, intelligent design, joints, Nathan Lents, Sports, stress, Stuart Burgess, The Human Evolution Blog, tissues}

Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

_{Brian Miller
October 16, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, anterior cruciate ligament, Brian Miller, engineers, functions, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, joints, limbs, misuse, optimality, Stuart Burgess}

In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biceps, bones, brain, cellular respiration, circulatory system, connective tissue, evolution, force, intelligent design, joints, mitochondria, motor neurons, movement, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscle tone, muscles, naturalism, nerves, nervous system, oxygen, physiology, pianist, respiratory system}

The Incredible Design of Muscles

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 26, 2023

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising. Read More ›

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Date
October 14, 2022

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", blind evolution, bones, Darwinian theory, evolution, human ankle, ID the Future, intelligent design, joints, Nathan Lents, podcast, skeleton, Stuart Burgess}

“Poor Design”? Human Skeletal Joints Demonstrate Engineering Genius

_{Science and Culture
October 14, 2022

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Stuart Burgess answers evolutionist Nathan Lents, who has argued that human joints are poorly designed. Read More ›

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Date
October 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", ankle, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, engineers, evolution, functionality, intelligent design, joints, Philadelphia, podcast, prosthetics, robotics, Stuart Burgess, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

Is the Human Ankle Badly Designed?

_{Science and Culture
October 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Stuart Burgess, one of Britain’s top engineers, explains how the skeletal joints in the human body are masterpieces of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, birds, blood, bones, brain, cartilage, chicken-and-egg problem, chromosomes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, evolution of the sexes, female, fertilization, fingers, fish, genitals, hormones, inbreeding, joints, ligaments, male, muscles, natural selection, nerves, occipital lobes, ovum, primates, procreation, Science (journal), Science Advances, sperm, swimming, Wright brothers, zygote}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution’s Countless Chicken-and-Egg Conundrums

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 5, 2020

Evolution

8}

It turned out last week that scientists have been wrong for 350 years about how sperm swim. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, arthritis, caterpillar, cellulose, Charles Darwin, Duke University, engineers, evolution, Evolution News, inflammation, intelligent design, joints, larvae, macrophages, maggots, McGill University, mutations, National Science Foundation, natural selection, Nature (journal), pectin, U.S. Army, University of Arizona}

Design Everywhere: When Maggots Fly, and More

_{Science and Culture
September 2, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

10}

Believe it or not, there are amazing discoveries being made that owe nothing to Darwin, at least not explicitly. Read More ›

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Date
June 27, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, intelligent design, joints, mind-body problem, movement, muscles, physiology, PLOS ONE, robotics, Steve Laufmann}

Raise Your Hand if You Know How Complex Raising Your Hand Is

_{Science and Culture
June 27, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

What school teacher has not asked a question in class that half a dozen children want to answer? Read More ›