The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Do living things evolve right before our eyes? Perhaps the most common evidence put forward to support evolutionary theory is the observation that organisms can adapt. But is this adaptability really a hallmark of a gradual Darwinian process? Or is it evidence of intelligent design? On this ID The Future, host Eric Anderson speaks with Dr. Emily Reeves about the adaptability of the humble guppy fish, a new icon of evolution heralded by biologists as proof positive of Darwinian evolutionary processes at work. In this episode, Dr. Reeves uses guppies to discuss why the adaptability of organisms is actually powerful evidence of design. She also explains how biologists can improve their abilities as scientists by learning more about engineering. Source

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0:00.0	I. D. The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Perhaps the most common evidence put forward to support evolutionary theory is the observation
0:16.8	that organisms can adapt.
0:18.9	In particular circumstances or environmental conditions, we see them change, at least to a point.
0:24.6	We're often treated to news stories and headlines about this or that organism evolving right
0:28.9	before our eyes.
0:30.4	Whether we're talking about classic icons of evolution like the peppered moths or the finchbeaks or
0:35.0	or new icons like E. coli or guppies.
0:37.5	We're told that even modest changes are evidence for the ongoing march of evolution.
0:41.5	Hello, I'm Eric Anderson and on this episode of ID The Future, I'm pleased to be joined
0:46.0	by Dr. Emily Reeves. Reeves received a Bachelor in Chemistry with a minor in biology from
0:51.0	Northern Arizona University and a PhD in
0:54.1	biochemistry and biophysics from Texas A&M. She currently collaborates on
0:58.5	several research projects at the intersection of biology and engineering
1:02.0	and is part of Discovery Institute's engineering research group.
1:06.0	Alongside her research pursuits, she also serves as an active clinician specializing in nutritional
1:11.5	genomics. Welcome Emily.
1:13.2	Hi Eric, thanks so much for having me on to talk.
1:16.3	I'm excited to get into conversation with you today
1:19.6	about adaptation and some icons of evolution.
1:24.0	Absolutely.
1:25.0	So three years ago at our first conference on engineering and living systems,
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