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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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Photo: Nathan Lents speaking at the San Francisco Public Library (screen shot), via YouTube.

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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