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Image: Bone structure of a human hand, by Henry Gray (1918), Anatomy of the Human Body, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Botched” Human Body, Revisited

As a systems architect, I’ve spent decades designing and implementing large and complex systems of information systems. Read More ›
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Why Argue with Intelligent Design? Offer Drive-By Psychotherapy Instead!

Avoiding serious discussion of design in nature (and of many other questions) fills a need. Read More ›
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As a Critic of Intelligent Design, Nathan Lents Fails to Connect

Initially, I was pleased to find someone who might be an interesting new participant in the evolution debate. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration

Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents “Plays Ball” on Biological Design

In all of his “poor” design arguments, Lents inadvertently embraces the design inference. Read More ›
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A Doc Talks Human Blood Flow and Exquisitely Intelligent Design

Glicksman explains the hugely complex blood flow systems required to keep us clear-headed and alive even while doing everything from gymnastics to simply getting up in the morning. Read More ›
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Surprise: Lents Clarifies that Book Not Intended as Refutation of Intelligent Design!

I explained that his writing has certainly seemed like a subtweet, at the very least, directed at ID. Others appear to understand it similarly. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents and the Wisdom of Testicles

He thinks they should be inside the body, not outside. Read More ›
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Blood vessels. Circulatory system. Veins and arteries. Generative AI.
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Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Comparative Anatomy

The argument from evolutionary developmental biology and embryonic development is probably one of the stronger for common descent. But I'm not convinced. Read More ›
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Over Chanukah, Thinking About “Botched Design”

You think I'm kidding but this line of reasoning is commonly heard from devotees of evangelizing atheism like Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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