Abby Hafer: Human Body Reveals Unintelligent Design

Last week Curry College anatomy and physiology professor Abby Hafer explained why evolution is the only genuinely scientific origins theory. In her lecture at the University of Connecticut, Hafer explained that our photoreceptor cells are backwards:

Another mechanical mishap is how the design of our eyes actually impedes our sight because the “wiring” of nerves is placed in front of the photoreceptors. These photoreceptors are crucial because they recognize light and discern the world around us. If other animals, such as the cuddle fish, can have the wiring in the back, why is ours in the front? It seems like a poor choice, unless “the creator,” as Hafer called it, which intelligent design points to, favors squids and octopi over humans.

Hafer added several other examples leaving no doubt about evolution’s scientific status. She pointed out the male reproductive system is “a very bad design” whereas frogs, for example, have no such liabilities. Or again, babies heads are too large, another poor design example.

Hafer also used the whale respiratory system to illustrate more Homo sapiens dysteleology. The whale has separate tubes for breathing and eating leaving no chance of food or drink going down the wrong pipe—another design flaw we are all familiar with.

The presentation was a tremendous educational event, helping the university’s young students to understand what real science is all about:

Students enjoyed her straightforward approach, and brother and sister Kevin and Kristina Breuninger, a 2nd-semester undecided major and an 8th-semester biology major, respectively, said they had “heard these points before, but she made them into simple scientific arguments.”

And there is no substitute for truly scientific arguments. Fortunately evolutionists such as Hafer are taking the time and effort to demonstrate true science in action.