Tag: engineering

Snowboardfahrerin gleitet durch den Pulverschnee

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Steve Laufmann

Date
November 3, 2025

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, cellular respiration, Charles Darwin, coordination, Darwinism, differentiation, embryo, engineering, engineering problems, Evolution, eye, hearing, human body, human development, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, organization, Secrets of the Human Body, Steve Laufmann, vision, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Engineering on Steroids: The Incredible Design of the Human Body

_{Steve Laufmann
November 3, 2025

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Every day your body must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you’ll die. These problems involve multiple coordinated, integrated systems that have to come online, not gradually, but all at once and at just the right time and place. Can an evolutionary process explain the development of these systems? You be the judge. On today's ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Steve Laufmann, co-author with Dr. Howard Glicksman of the new book Your Amazing Body, a fresh, abridged version of their previous book Your Designed Body. In this discussion, Laufmann brings his engineering background to bear on the marvels of human anatomy, showing us how the human body is not just functional but brilliantly designed. We’ll explore how engineering intersects with biology, how an engineer and a physician worked together to lay out this evidence, and what the new streamlined book can offer readers. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
October 15, 2025

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, balance, Darwinism, engineering, engineering principles, equilibrium, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, homeostasis, Howard Glicksman, human body, Intelligent Design, Materialism, movement, Neo-Darwinism, oxygen, physician, pregnancy, respiration, Steve Laufmann, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body}

Dr. Howard Glicksman: Why Evolution Fails to Explain Life’s Design

_{Howard Glicksman
October 15, 2025

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In a universe of non-living space and matter, life is incredibly rare. And in order to stay alive, humans and other organisms have to overcome a myriad of engineering challenges. Just how is this done? And more to the point, is an evolutionary process capable of producing the solutions to these many challenges? On today's episode, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Howard Glicksman, co-author with engineer Steve Laufmann of the new book Your Amazing Body. The book explores some of your body’s greatest marvels, including how your hearing and vision work, how you coordinate your movements, and — perhaps the greatest miracle of them all — how you developed from a single cell at conception. In Part 2, Dr. Glicksman dives into some examples of the countless challenges life must overcome. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

Stadium, man running and athlete on a runner and arena track for sprint race training. Fast, run and sports exercise of a male person in marathon for fitness and workout outdoor on a field for health

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
October 13, 2025

Tagged
, biologist, cognition, coherence, control systems, Darwinism, engineering, engineering perspective, engineering principles, enginner, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, functional capacity, hospice physician, Howard Glicksman, human body, integrated systems, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, material causes, Steve Laufmann, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body}

Do or Die: How Life’s Engineering Keeps Us Alive

_{Howard Glicksman
October 13, 2025

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Is the human body a cosmic accident, or is it the handiwork of a master engineer? Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with physician Dr. Howard Glicksman, co-author with engineer Steve Laufmann of the new book Your Amazing Body, a fresh, abridged version of their previous book Your Designed Body. In Part 1 of the conversation, Dr. Glicksman begins by contrasting unguided material causes (Darwinism) with intentional intelligent causes, emphasizing that intelligent design better explains the intricate, interdependent coherence found within the human body. He argues that Darwinian evolution only describes how life looks, failing to explain the complex functional capacity, control systems, and engineering principles required for life to actually work and survive. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 in a separate episode. Visit www.idthefuture.com for more episodes! Read More ›

Bioluminescence sea sparkle Jervis bay, NSW, Australia. 11-07-2020

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 7, 2025

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, Bacteria, chemotaxis, complexity, Darwinism, engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, patterns of thinking, principles of engineering, quorum sensing, recurring design logic, transcriptional hierarchies, two-component regulatory systems}

Examples of Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 7, 2025

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Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft, resulting in a trademark style that sets them apart from others. Can recognizable patterns of thinking also be found in nature's design? On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Jonathan McLatchie, a resident biologist and fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, dives into the microscopic world to explore examples of what he calls recurring design logic in living systems. These recurring themes and logic are widespread in diverse, often unrelated biological systems. On the perspective of intelligent design, they'd be expected. But an unguided evolutionary perspective would have difficulty explaining this compelling line of evidence. Read More ›

architect design working drawing sketch plans blueprints and making architectural construction model in architect studio

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Author
Jody Sjogren

Date
June 25, 2025

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, anatomy, art, artist, biology, bird navigation, Darwinism, designing process, engineering, Evolution, fighter jet, illustration, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, Jody Sjogren, living systems, machine metaphor, Materialism, medical illustrator, Natural Selection, process of design, structural engineering, systems engineer}

Artist Jody Sjogren on How Intelligent Agents Bring Ideas to Life

_{Jody Sjogren
June 25, 2025

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How does an intelligent agent go from idea to artifact? What can the process of art teach us about the evidence of design in the natural world? Today, medical illustrator and artist Jody Sjogren joins host Andrew McDiarmid to discuss the similarities between machines and living organisms and the insights art can give us about the mind of intelligent designers. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
June 18, 2025

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, Brian Miller, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, engineering, engineering perspective, engineering principles, Engineering Research Group, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, four-bar linkage system, future of biology, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Neo-Darwinism, optimal design, poor design, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs}

Brian Miller on Advancing Biology Through an Engineering Lens

_{Brian Miller
June 18, 2025

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Can viewing life as designed enhance scientific research? Today, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about the fruitful research that can result when engineering principles are applied to the study of biological systems. Dr. Miller is part of a group that brings together engineers, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how engineering principles, patterns, and tools can deepen the understanding of biology. The group hosts an annual Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, hosted by Discovery Institute, that highlights new insights and research projects in this bold new approach to the study of life. Here Dr. Miller gives the lowdown on current research as well as this year's conference. Read More ›

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
May 7, 2025

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, Darwinism, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, Fossil Record, geneticist, genetics, giant panda, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, optimal design, optimal panda principle, panda, Panda’s thumb, Stephen Jay Gould, Wolf-Ekkehard Loonig}

More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
May 7, 2025

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Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering and the result of intelligent design? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with retired geneticist, Dr. Wolf-Eckehard Lönnig, an intelligent design pioneer who has been offering robust criticism of Darwinian theory and advocating for intelligent design for over 50 years. The topic is Dr. Lönnig's new paper reviewing the debate over the panda’s thumb. Giant pandas have an extra digit, an elongated wrist bone, that aids the animal in walking and manipulating bamboo with great dexterity. Some claim it's a clumsy structure produced by evolutionary processes. It wouldn't win any design awards, but it gets the job done. Others call it one of the most extraordinary manipulation systems in the mammalian world and clear evidence of purposeful engineering. So which is it? Dr. Lönnig helps us answer that question. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
May 5, 2025

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, Charles Darwin, Convergent evolution, Darwinism, engineering, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, geneticist, genetics, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, optimal design, optimal panda principle, paleontology, panda principle, Panda’s thumb, principles of engineering, Stephen J. Gould, Stuart Burgess, systems biology, systems engineering}

Evolved or Engineered? A Geneticist Evaluates the Panda’s Thumb

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
May 5, 2025

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In 1980, influential paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote that “we can know that evolution has happened by the imperfections and oddities that life shows.” But is that true? And what if we take a closer look at those assumed evolutionary oddities and see instead evidence of engineered elegance? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes retired geneticist Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig to the podcast to discuss his new paper reviewing the debate over the panda’s thumb. Giant pandas have an elongated wrist bone, the radial sesamoid, that allows them to handle and eat bamboo with great dexterity. Some claim it’s an imperfectly and inefficiently formed structure that is clear evidence of evolutionary processes at work. Others Read More ›

Robotic engineer automatic mechanic checking quality system of automation robot arms machine in factory. Service programming machinery welding robots in production at factory industry.

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Emily Reeves

Date
March 31, 2025

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, biochemistry, bottom-up biology, cancer, complex biological systems, Darwinism, Emily Reeves, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, glycolysis, Intelligent Design, Materialism, nanotechnology, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, reductionism, systems biology, systems engineering, top-down biology, Warburg Effect}

How to Study Biology with Systems Engineering Principles

_{Emily Reeves
March 31, 2025

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Traditional methods in biology have proven insufficient for understanding and accurately predicting complex biological systems. Why? The great majority of biologists are trained to study life from the bottom up, as the result of unguided evolutionary processes. It turns out there are better ways to observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, and analyze a complex system. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes biochemist and metabolic nutritionist Dr. Emily Reeves to the podcast to discuss her co-authored paper on how biologists can apply principles from systems engineering to biology to better approach the study of complex living systems. Dr. Reeves explains how the new methodology works and how it can produce fruitful scientific research. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
December 4, 2024

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, bird wing, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Design Intuition, engineering, engineering principles, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Homology, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, Stuart Burgess, universal optimal design, vertebrate limb, whale evolution, whale flipper}

The Universal Optimal Design of Vertebrate Limbs

_{Stuart Burgess
December 4, 2024

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When we look at feats of human engineering, like vehicles, skyscrapers, and computers, we don't doubt our intuition that they're intelligently designed. But when it comes to marvels of the natural world, like bird wings, whale flippers, and our own arms and legs, we're expected to suspend our design intuition and credit a gradual, undirected evolutionary process. Bio-engineer Dr. Stuart Burgess has been studying vertebrate limbs for over thirty years. On this episode of ID The Future, Burgess shares his cutting-edge insights on the universal optimal design of vertebrate limb patterns and the implications for fields like robotics. Read More ›