Human Skeletal Joints—Engineering Masterpieces, Pt. 2

Episode 1661 October 12, 2022 00:28:13
Human Skeletal Joints—Engineering Masterpieces, Pt. 2
Intelligent Design the Future
Human Skeletal Joints—Engineering Masterpieces, Pt. 2

Oct 12 2022 | 00:28:13

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Show Notes

Today’s ID the Future completes a talk by award-winning British engineer Stuart Burgess, who explains how the human ankle and wrist joints offer powerful evidence of engineering genius. Burgess is answering evolutionist Nathan Lents, who has argued that human joints are badly designed and, therefore, evidence against intelligent design and for Darwinian evolution’s blind trial-and-error process. According to Burgess, Lents ignores—and seems to be ignorant of—the many ingeniously engineered features of our joints, leading Lents to make easily refuted claims. For example, Lents says an ankle with fused bones would be a superior design to a healthy human ankle. Not if the person hopes to play squash or tackle any number of other activities that require the suppleness and responsiveness of Read More ›

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