Tag: Steven Vogel

Jumping and touching knee with elbow stock photo

^{Type
post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, intelligent design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, poor design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks}

Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

_{Brian Miller
February 12, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

3}

Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

8}

An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, anthropocentrism, apes, arms, bonobos, dolphins, fire, Galen, hands, Homo floresiensis, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judeo-Christian tradition, kinetic energy, knuckle-walkers, orangutan, parrots, ravens, Richard Owen, seals, secular culture, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel, stone tools, The Miracle of Man, Thomas Huxley}

Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire

_{Michael Denton
May 24, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Technology

17}

Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ants, athletes, fire, Fire-Maker series, gravity, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Mass, muscles, Steven Vogel, vertebrates}

For Fire and More, Humans Are Designed to Have Just the Right Strength

_{Michael Denton
August 10, 2020

Intelligent Design

3}

How is it that an ant appears proportionately so much stronger than a trained human weight lifter? Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, African Savannah, American Scientist, Aristotle, fire, Fire-Maker series, hands, Homo floresiensis, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, kilns, kinetic energy, metallurgy, metals, Richard Wagner, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel}

Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire

_{Michael Denton
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

9}

Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, evaporation, Fire-Maker series, steel, Steven Vogel, trees, water}

A Remarkable Mechanism for the Existence of Large Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics

3}

The mechanism represents a unique and stunningly brilliant solution to the problem of raising water to the top of large trees. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, evaporation, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, leaves, Steven Vogel, viscosity}

The Amazing Circulation System of Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 3, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Clearly, unless water can be drawn several meters up the conduits in their tree trunks, large woody trees would be impossible. Read More ›