What, in each case, what we're finding is that biological systems have the same sorts of

properties, the same kind of logic, information, coordination of parts that we recognize

and expect to find in known design systems.

So we're taking this sort of expectation of what we should find based upon what we understand

design systems to look like,

applying that to biology, we're finding that, and we're using those predictions and expectations

to make better sense of how biology works.

ID, the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

When engineering meets biology, the result is a deeper, richer understanding of life.

Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host, Andrew McDermott. And today, enjoy the second half of my

discussion with four of our resident scientists at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.

We've got geologist and lawyer Casey Luskin, biochemist and metabolic nutritionist Emily Reeves,

biologist Jonathan McClatchy, and physicist Brian Miller.

Now, in part one, we talked about design detection, a review of how to empirically identify

the hallmarks of intelligent design and living things.

We also discussed examples of studying living things using principles from engineering.

Today, we'll continue discussing the fruitfulness of combining engineering and biology,

and we'll also

respond to claims of flawed or bad design in living things.

And we'll also take a peek at the fossil record to reveal what it can tell us about the history

of life.

Now, let's turn back to Casey, Emily, Jonathan, and Brian as we continue our conversation.

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