Tag: Nathan Lents

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biology, cancel culture, chromosomes, Colin Wright, Federal Government, Houston Christian University, intelligent design, John Jay College, Nancy Pearcey, Nathan Lents, reproductive cells, sex, sex binary, Tina Hesman Saey, White House}

War Between Evolutionary Biologists May Be Looming

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution

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Nathan Lents says it doesn’t make a lot of sense” to think of sex in humans as binary. Colin Wright says, “Stop misleading the public.” 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
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Ailuropoda, bears, evolution, François Jacob, gradualism, intelligent design, Max Planck Institute, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Nobel Prize, Panda's Thumb, primates, Stephen Dilley, Stuart Burgess, Ursidae}

New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, academics, alumni, 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

5}

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
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive mutations, Africa, Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, Darwin Devolves, Dave Farina, de novo genes, evolution, evolutionary change, evolutionary theory, François Jacob, genes, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, New York City, non-coding DNA, Professor Dave Explains, Richard Lenski, The Edge of Evolution, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bad design, BIO-Complexity, bones, Brian Miller, Bristol University, evolution, fibula, flexibility, form, function, intelligent design, ligaments, muscles, Nathan Lents, Stuart Burgess}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

_{Casey Luskin
March 24, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

6}

Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” 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, micronutrients, 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

5}

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
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

15}

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 ›