Tracy P. Hamilton
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Joined: May 2006
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Eric Anderson, biology genius:
| Quote | Elizabeth: “In fact the giraffe’s neck is an excellent example of incremental adaptation being a more likely explanation than intelligent design . . .”
Are you seriously arguing that the giraffe’s neck supports a gradualistic evolutionary scenario and counts as evidence against design because it is designed poorly? If so, you need to do two things: (i) read up on what is involved in the engineering of the giraffe’s neck, (ii) think through what would be involved in changing it, before making assertions based on simplistic notions of what you think the design should be. |
1) wonders of Eric knows what an Okapi is.
2) what would be involved in changing it - I thought these things were Designed from scratch? I would design the recurrent laryngeal nerve so that it would not loop under the aorta, about 20 ft extra length in a giraffe neck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray622.png
It is like adding an outlet in the garage by extending an existing circuit that goes from breaker box to basement. Afterthought rather than foresight. IDiots would make ad hoc arguments like: the breaker box couldn't hold more breakers.
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