Sentences with phrase «designed by evolution»

Since human brains were designed by evolution to survive, not to do science, science is difficult.
So they are designed by evolution to help the plant, not for any effects on predators.
«Criminal» for a woman to choose to allow her body to perform a function it is designed by evolution and nature to do?

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ID states that an intelligent being (presumed God) bypasses evolution by providing pre-made (designed) parts.
Intelligent design is a conviction that life is too complex to have developed solely through evolution and that the universe was designed by an intelligent entity.
The evidence is simply overwhelming and of various different types: the fossil record, the genetic code, experimental confirmations, structures in living organisms which are of no current use but once were, faulty «designs» that are explained by «blind evolution» but that no sentient being would create, predictions that are tested based one the hypothesis it has occurred etc..
«What we would like to express is that the biomechanical characteristic... is a proper design by the NATURE (result of evolution)...»
From a pluralistic perspective, methods specifically designed to reveal the multiple processes behind the pattern are necessary, as they challenge attempts to explain all patterns by a single process (e.g. all evolution by a tree - like process of descent).
British chemist Leslie Orgel once said, «Evolution is smarter than you are,» to which atheist Christopher Hitchens responded, «But this complement to the «intelligence» of natural selection is not by any means a concession to the stupid notion of «intelligent design.
Does not logic dictate that both birds and turtles somehow acquired this «skill», not on their own or by evolution, but that a Master Designer created them with this marvelous navigational ability just as a GPS was designed by a mind?
What so many Catholics seem to be saying is that, so far as we can determine with our unaided human intellects, according to even the «metaphysically modest» version of neo-Darwinism, there is no real plan, purpose, or design in living things, and absolutely no directionality to evolution; yet we know those things to be true by faith.
I was reminded of the similarities the other day when I happened upon biologist Jerry A. Coyne's observation that «evolution is like an architect who can not design a building from scratch, but must build every new structure by adapting a preexisting building, keeping the structure habitable all the while.»
Ok we cant deny it anymore the church said, so lets say GOD created evolution but we will not calll it evolution because thats just is admitting that science was right, lets call it Smart design, and so creationism was born, its no surprise that any great discovery gets hijacked and twisted and changed to fit with the religious when so long before proven it gets denied by the same people.
With all the evidence, religious people ought to be intelligent design (I mean god - guided evolution by this) supporters at worst, though I would hope that after some serious thoughts on the moral paradoxes induced by belief in the «divine» people would come to their senses.
We must begin, though, with a confession that the idea of a designing and controlling deity whose existence is rightly denied by many skeptics is also problematic from the point of view of a kenotic theology.If God is all - powerful in the sense of being able to manipulate things at will, then the facts of evolution do indeed cast doubt on the plausibility of theism.
In God's single coherent plan the foundation that has been laid by the process of material evolution is not swept away or disregarded; rather, it is built upon, and in this way the lower process serves God's single overarching design.
... Irreducible complexity is a negative argument against evolution, not proof of design, a point conceded by defense expert Professor Minnich.»
We do not deny or circumscribe the Creator, because we hold he has created the self - acting originating human mind, which has almost a creative gift; much less then do we deny or circumscribe His power, if we hold that He gave matter such laws as by their blind instrumentality moulded and constructed through innumerable ages the world as we see it... Mr Darwin's theory need not then be atheistical, be it true or not; it may simply be suggesting a larger idea of Divine Prescience and Skill... At first sight I do not see that «the accidental evolution or organic beings» is inconsistent with divine design - It is accidental to us, not to God.»
One of the issues between Creationists vs. Darwin has been the perfection of evolution or the designs of living things, the perfection was created by God vs. the perfection was created through evolution.
Again, the «designs» are neither intelligent nor do they stand out as truly unique in the context of those which came before and those that have come since, rather they all fall along a continuum predicted by evolution.
Even if that quote made sense it wouldn't explain how humans came to be or why the «design» is clearly imperfect but not surprising is easily accounted for by evolution.
fossil record... genetic data...» @Chad «I guess you missed my post which demonstrated that you are (by design or ignorance I know not which) conflating the two definitions of «evolution», and as such you are merely constructing a strawman..
The evolution of the universe, therefore, is controlled either by chance or by design.
Professor Ayala illustrates the very fashionable Catholic diffidence about the import of recent discoveries about the nature of the universe, whilst Clive Copus, who helpfully flags up the dominance of Ayala's school of thought at the Rome evolution conference last year, proposes the «Intelligent Design» (ID) argument that some parts of the universe point to God, and by implication that some don't do so nearly so well.
In one sense, it is creationism because from our perspective it was designed and brought to fruition, but in another sense, it is evolution because it was produced by an evolved life form.
This dinosaur is just the latest in a series of new finds being made by Ryan and Evans as part of their Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project, which is designed to fill in gaps in our knowledge of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and study their evolution.
In a commentary published Monday 11 September, Leshner said that efforts by intelligent design advocates to promote «critical analysis» of evolution and other controversial science issues put Ohio's economy and the future of its children at risk.
The institute helped the conservative Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), headed by Christian minister Gene Mills, to pass a state education act in 2008 that allows local boards to teach intelligent design alongside evolution under the guise of «academic freedom».
Evolution did not provide us with a system for directly sensing energy use, but this can be rectified by designing products that announce their energy usage in natural and intuitive ways.
A new movie, Expelled, claims that intelligent design is good science that is being censored by adherents to evolution, which is nothing but Darwinian dogma.
The decision came in a civil suit brought by the parents of 11 Dover students after the school board passed a resolution in October 2004 declaring that «students will be made aware of gaps and problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design» (ScienceNOW, 27 September).
A lifelong observer of, and participant in, the creation - evolution controversy, I was struck by how clear the solution is in these islands: creation by intelligent design is absurd.
For 40 days Judge John Jones presided over the intelligent design trial in Pennsylvania and now he aims to decide by 1 January whether teaching ID in US science classes alongside evolution violates the constitutional ban on religious indoctrination in schools.
Over the past few years, the team has focused on developing new methods in Evolutionary Computation (EC), i.e. designing artificial neural network architectures, building commercial applications, and solving challenging computational problems using methods inspired by natural evolution.
Enriched by the rapid evolution of these technologies, TEFOR - TACGene has developed a solid expertise in the design, production and use of TALE - N and CRISPR / Cas9 systems, both for its own research projects in cultured cells and in collaboration, in many model organisms, including the rat, zebrafish, Drosophila, and Xenopus as part of the National Infrastructure in Biology and Health TEFOR supported by Investissement d'Avenir programme (2012 - 2019).
Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters
We are very impressed by Fred Kavli's design of these new awards, which span from the very grand scale of astrophysics to the microscopic level of nanotechnology, and to the level in between: the brain - no doubt the most complex organ created by the biological evolution over a very, very long time... billions of years.
The way we think, talk, act, remember, believe and function within a social society are all heavily influenced by the secretion of hormones from glands in the brain and body, which have been designed and refined over the course of human evolution to kick in when we need them, and deliver the beneficial effects that we all know so well.
For 2 million years of our evolution, we ate much less carbohydrate than we do now, and no refined or processed carbohydrates, and therefore, our systems are simply not designed to handle the big swings in blood sugar levels caused by the Western diet, which is very high in carbohydrates of all kinds.
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Wielding a palette of colors and visuals unseen to this point inside the MCU — this set design is glorious, situating a SciFi tech metropolis easily within a world that still embraces ancient tradition, an isolated world that evolved in its own course rather than being led by the evolution of the world outside.
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When a federal court in 2005 rejected an attempt by the Dover, Pa., school board to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution to explain the development of life on Earth, it sparked a renaissance in involvement among scientists in K - 12 science instruction.
This moving video by design thinking pioneer IDEO tells the story of one teacher's evolution from skeptic to believer in the value of design thinking for educators.
An August 2, 2017 article by Sharon O'Malley discusses the evolution of the Instructional Design field and the growing competition that has emerged between corporate entities and universities.
Sixty - three percent of physicians believe that the theory of evolution is more correct than belief in intelligent design, according to a recent poll, though the responses vary significantly by religion.
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