Michael Denton on Predetermined Body Plans and Primal Patterns

Episode 1613 June 17, 2022 00:15:43
Michael Denton on Predetermined Body Plans and Primal Patterns
Intelligent Design the Future
Michael Denton on Predetermined Body Plans and Primal Patterns

Jun 17 2022 | 00:15:43

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Show Notes

On this classic ID The Future, biologist Michael Denton discusses the implications of recurring animal body plans, arguing that they are predetermined types undergirding less fundamental “adaptive masks.” Denton questions the ability of a Darwinian process to account for these high-level patterns found in living systems, such as the recurring body plan of insects. Denton suggests instead that these recurrent Read More ›

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