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1458:, or personality. In a weaker form, it is used as an argument for the incompetence of God. The existence of "poor design" (as well as the perceived prodigious "wastefulness" of the evolutionary process) would seem to imply a "poor" designer, or a "blind" designer, or no designer at all. In Gould's words, "If God had designed a beautiful machine to reflect his wisdom and power, surely he would not have used a collection of parts generally fashioned for other purposes. Orchids are not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged...." 711: 1659:- "Fundamental to the position is Augustine's view that the universe God created is good; everything in the universe is good and has good purpose . How did evil arise? It came about, he maintains, through free will. some of God's free creatures turned their will from God, the supreme Good, to lesser goods. It happened first with the angels and then with humans. This is how moral evil entered the universe and this moral fall, or 4375: 534: 5406: 4365: 546: 836: 558: 990:. The existence of a cavity between the ovary and the fallopian tube could indicate a flawed design in the female reproductive system. Prior to modern surgery, ectopic pregnancy invariably caused the deaths of both mother and baby. Even in modern times, in almost all cases the pregnancy must be aborted to save the life of the mother. 1412:
has been previously credited with very little function, research has shown that it serves an important role in the fetus and young adults. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus at around the 11th week of development, which produce various biogenic amines and peptide hormones,
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of the foot, that are missing in part of the human population and are routinely harvested as spare parts if needed during operations. Another example is the muscles that move the ears, which some people can learn to control to a degree, but serve no purpose in any
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cannot ever properly heal if it is damaged, because neurons have become so specialized that they are no longer able to regrow once they reach their mature state. The spinal cord, if broken, will never repair itself and will result in permanent
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by oxygen, has a very slow turnover and is not saturated at current levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The enzyme is inhibited as it is unable to distinguish between carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen, with oxygen acting as a
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of the theory. Christian proponents of both intelligent design and creationism may claim that good design indicates the creative intelligence of their God, while poor design indicates corruption of the world as a result of
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Although the phrase "argument from poor design" has seen little use, this type of argument has been advanced many times using words and phrases such as "poor design", "suboptimal design", "unintelligent design" or
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Sturdy but heavy bones, suited for non-flight, occurring in animals like bats. Or, on the converse: unstable, light, hollow bones, suited for flight, occurring in birds like penguins and ostriches, which cannot
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that are nonfunctional "junk", with others noting that some sections of DNA can be randomized, cut, or added to with no apparent effect on the organism in question. The original study that suggested that the
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but indirectly by the presence of carbon dioxide. A result is that, at high altitudes, oxygen deprivation can occur in unadapted individuals who do not consciously increase their breathing rate.
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served some purpose has been disputed. However, the original study is still frequently cited in newer studies and articles on pseudogenes previously thought to be nonfunctional.
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Many species have strong instincts to behave in response to a certain stimulus. Natural selection can leave animals behaving in detrimental ways when they encounter a
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terms, natural selection will always push "up the hill", but a species cannot normally get from a lower peak to a higher peak without first going through a valley.
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lack cone cells and might be able to judge color by bringing specific wavelengths to a focus on the retina, an inverted retina might interfere with this mechanism.
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applied the term "dysteleology" to the implications of organs so rudimentary as to be useless to the life of an organism. In his 1868 book
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compounds that assist with various biological control (homeostatic) mechanisms. In young adults, the appendix has some immune functions.
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Traditional Christian theological responses generally posit that God constructed a perfect universe but that humanity's misuse of its
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appear too well-designed to have originated by chance, and so an intelligent God or gods must have deliberately created them).
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Spreitzer RJ, Salvucci ME (2002). "Rubisco: structure, regulatory interactions, and possibilities for a better enzyme".
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can later form. Prior to modern surgical techniques, complications from hernias, such as intestinal blockage and
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has a purpose does not establish that all non-coding DNA has a purpose, and that the human genome does include
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questions the first premise of the argument, claiming that "intelligent design" does not need to be optimal.
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body parts, like the femur and pelvis in whales (evolution indicates the ancestors of whales lived on land).
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In response to the claim that uses have been found for "junk" DNA, proponents note that the fact that some
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by reducing distortion. The effects of the blind spots resulting from the inverted retina are cancelled by
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Therefore, God either did not create these organisms or is not omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent.
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although humans share the same tooth set. This results in a number of problems, most notably with
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The argument from poor design is sometimes interpreted, by the argumenter or the listener, as an
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generally reject the argument from design, but do still maintain belief in the existence of God.
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breathe air, but live in the water, meaning they must swim to the surface frequently to breathe.
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Natural selection is expected to push fitness to a peak, but that peak often is not the highest.
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cells start in the abdomen but connect to the wing. This leads to unnecessary use of materials.
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Several defects in human anatomy can result in death, especially without modern medical care:
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as a mechanism of his creation. Arguers from poor design regard counter-arguments as a
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species. This arrangement forces a number of complex adaptations and gives mammals a
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absorbs green light poorly, even though black plants would absorb more light energy.
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The apparently suboptimal design of organisms has also been used by proponents of
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Nave, R. "The Retina." of the Human Eye. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 November 2013. <
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published his book on poor design in the human body and genome in 2018 titled
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mechanism to eliminate the particular vestiges of the evolutionary process.
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is such that it travels from the brain to the larynx by looping around the
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in organisms, as a counter-hypothesis to the old popular doctrine of the
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The existence of unnecessary wings in flightless birds, e.g. ostriches.
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drainage, as human faces are significantly flatter than those of other
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The argument from poor design is one of the arguments that was used by
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has been described as a "notoriously inefficient" enzyme, as it is
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The breathing reflex is stimulated not directly by the absence of
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Unintelligent Design: Why God Isn't as Smart as She Thinks She Is
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Therefore, life must have been created by an intelligent creator.
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Living things are too well-designed to have originated by chance.
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and eventually death. The gene is also non-functional in other
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The common malformation of the human spinal column, leading to
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Woodmorappe, J. (2003). "Pseudogene function: more evidence"
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creator God would create organisms that have optimal design.
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with the perceived suboptimal designs that occur in nature.
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of the retina instead of behind it as is the case in many
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is 'inside out'. The nerves and blood vessels lie on the
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which aspects of life constitute design, leading to the
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has resulted in the corruption of divine good design.
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popularised the term "incompetent design" (a play on "
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Index

Dysteleological argument
Atheism
Implicit and explicit atheism
Naturalism
Negative and positive atheism
History of atheism
Atheism during the Age of Enlightenment
New Atheism
Atheist feminism
Criticism of religion
Demographics of atheism
Discrimination against atheists
Secular ethics
Secularism
Separation of church and state
State atheism
Arguments for atheism
Atheist's wager
Creator of God
Evil God challenge
Fate of the unlearned
Free will
God of the gaps
Hitchens's razor
Incompatible properties
Inconsistent revelation
Nonbelief
Occam's razor
Omnipotence paradox
Parody religion

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