A Look at Nathan Lents’ WSJ Piece on the “Botched” Human Body

Episode 1117 April 30, 2018 00:16:43
A Look at Nathan Lents’ WSJ Piece on the “Botched” Human Body
Intelligent Design the Future
A Look at Nathan Lents’ WSJ Piece on the “Botched” Human Body

Apr 30 2018 | 00:16:43

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, Steve Laufmann critiques a recent article by Dr. Nathan H. Lents, The Botch of the Human Body. The article purports to show that so-called “design errors” in the human body prove it wasn’t designed. Laufmann describes five ways Lents’ argument is a “bizarre blend of ignorance and arrogance.” For instance, Lents often ignores something basic to engineering--the necessity of design tradeoffs.

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