Examples of Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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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. Source

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. A quick heads up before we get to today's episode. This fall, Discovery Institute
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1:07.5	ID, The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
1:15.2	Well, have you ever stopped to think about the incredible complexity that's packed into even the tiniest forms of life?
1:22.2	What if I told you that a single-celled bacterium manages its internal affairs with a level of precision and coordination
1:29.2	that rivals a sophisticated factory, like turning genes on and off in perfectly timed sequences.
1:35.6	It's a universe of intriguing and intricate machinery, all happening invisibly right around us.
1:42.6	Well, today we're diving into the astonishing microscopic world
1:45.8	with my guest, Dr. Jonathan McClatchy. Dr. McClatchy is a resident biologist and fellow at
1:51.6	Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, and he's been writing extensively about
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