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Doctor’s Diary: The Ultimate Engineer

_{Geoffrey Simmons
February 28, 2020}

The 4-4-4 rule says that we would perish without oxygen for four minutes, water for four days, or food for four weeks.

The Human Difference and the Design of Sex

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 22, 2019}

It’s safe to say that human intimacy, at its best, surpasses that of any animal, even the most intelligent.

Darwin Double-Crossed: The Design of the Human Nervous System

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 27, 2019}

Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting.

To Make a Baby Requires Intelligent Design

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 23, 2018}

Like a well-written, trillion-page novel, every micro-step, every macro-step, every twist and turn of our development follows a master plan.

Porcupine Quills and Other Examples of Nature’s Foresight

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 23, 2018}

A newborn porcupine passes through its mother’s birth canal without causing her any injuries. How?

Inexplicable Species and the Theory of Evolution

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 8, 2018}

Man has been searching for fossils, or stumbling upon them, for millennia.

Is Darwin Still Relevant?

_{Geoffrey Simmons
July 23, 2018}

There was a lot of mysticism and far too many guesses in 19th century. The time has come to modernize his views.

Billions of Missing Links: Upright Plants

_{Geoffrey Simmons
July 15, 2008}

Note: This is part of a series of posts excerpted from my book, Billions of Missing Links: A Rational Look at the Mysteries Evolution Can’t Explain. The upright posture of plants is a striking design that falls short of a clear explanation. The pat answer is that prehistoric flat plants decided to go vertical to compete for more sun. But where did this need to compete arise? And how could a limp ground hugger accidentally develop systems to support excessive weight — maybe tons of wood — root systems to support the weight, transport systems to move the water and nutrients up, and defense mechanisms against weather and pests? Much of it had to be there at the same time. Read More ›

Billions of Missing Links: Barnacles and Mussels

_{Geoffrey Simmons
July 8, 2008}

Note: This is part of a series of posts excerpted from my book, Billions of Missing Links: A Rational Look at the Mysteries Evolution Can’t Explain. The adhesive used by barnacles is among the strongest in the world. It is reported that a layer merely 3/10,000 of an inch thick can support a weight of 7000 pounds. This relative of the shrimp and crab glues its head down and keeps its feet up to catch the next meal. Its adhesive sets in water at any temperature and will not dissolve in most acids, bases, and solvents. Fossil records suggest it has been used by barnacles unchanged for 400 million years. Nothing seems to be known about its intermediates before that. Read More ›

Billions of Missing Links: Wombat Pouches

_{Geoffrey Simmons
May 20, 2008}

Note: This is the third in a series of posts excerpted from my book, Billions of Missing Links: A Rational Look at the Mysteries Evolution Can’t Explain. A design must be considered improbable if it is highly functional and durable yet too complex to have come about spontaneously or by intermediate steps. Think of the subway system in any large metropolitan area. Could the combination of tracks, stations, tunnels, signs, vending machines, stairwells, lighting, trains, billboards, ticket booths, turnstiles, benches, platforms, security measures, and restrooms have happened all at once or did it come about by stages? If these commuter systems were to follow the tenets of the theory of evolution, the tracks going off in every direction might be Read More ›