How We Balance Water and Sodium to Maintain Life

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On their own, the laws of nature don't tend toward life. To stay alive, living things utilize ingenious solutions. On this ID the Future, host Eric Anderson talks with physician Howard Glicksman about another way that the human body counteracts the natural tendency of the laws of nature to destroy life. Glicksman explains how the body controls water volume and sodium--two aspects that are absolutely critical to keeping us alive. It isn't just a single system. It's an interconnected and interdependent system of systems using a network of sensors, integrators, and effectors to maintain the life-giving balance of water and sodium in our bodies. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.4	What does it take for life to exist?
0:14.0	Hello, I'm Eric Anderson and I'm pleased to have Dr. Howard Glixman back on our show today
0:18.8	to help us understand some of the intricate and precision engineering that's required for us to be alive.
0:24.0	Dr. Glixman practices palliative medicine and is co-author of the recent book,
0:28.8	Your Designed Body.
0:30.0	Welcome, Howard.
0:31.0	Thanks a lot.
0:32.0	Eric is great to be back.
0:33.0	Previously on the show we've discussed the idea which is quite common now these days and in fact becoming
0:38.6	more common in some circles, that the laws of nature will inevitably lead toward life and living organisms and you've helped
0:45.0	us understand Howard that when left to their own devices the laws of nature, these processes
0:50.3	that normally take place without guidance and direction actually lead to death.
0:55.0	So yes, the laws of nature cause a lot of trouble for the body for life and life has to come
1:01.1	up with innovations to solve those problems or actually leverage
1:05.6	them to be able to survive.
1:08.4	And the same insight applies, I would say at the very earliest stage of the history of life.
1:12.2	Of course, Dr. James Tour has shared a lot of information
1:15.4	over the past couple of years about how molecules on their own, just by obeying these laws of
1:19.9	physics and chemistry, don't lead toward a living organism quite the opposite.
1:23.6	Right, that's right, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and in our prior conversations, Howard,
1:27.8	we've talked about two other critical issues. First, how the cell maintains control of its internal volume and chemical content,
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