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Author Topic:   Why complex form requires an Intelligent Designer
bob_gray
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Message 112 of 165 (358544)
10-24-2006 2:10 PM
Reply to: Message 71 by subbie
10-23-2006 3:24 PM


Two pipes, one neck
In any event, I would submit that any intelligence capable of creating all life on earth would know better than to have only one opening to be used for the intake of both nourishment and oxygen, with the resulting danger of choking and subsequent death.
To be fair to the design of our neck my understanding is that having one pipe allows us to swivel our heads.
Anyway, carry on.

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bob_gray
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Message 127 of 165 (358653)
10-24-2006 9:59 PM
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10-24-2006 2:16 PM


Re: Two pipes, one neck
This of course raises the following further questions:
I would assume that the answers to those questions is all the same: That is the way things evolved.

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bob_gray
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Message 128 of 165 (358654)
10-24-2006 10:06 PM
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10-24-2006 2:43 PM


Re: Two pipes, one neck
I don't quite understand that. How would having multiple pipes prevent swiveling our heads, particularly considering how limited the degree of motion is in a human? We do not swivel around the windpipe anyway, but rather arount the spinal cord.
It is likely I may be mistaken. I thought I had read on this forum from a reliable source that this was the case. At the time it seemed reasonable but since I can't find the argument presented and I am unable to reproduce it myself I won't press the issue. Perhaps it is sufficient that the benefits of one pipe outweigh the drawbacks and this is why the system evolved the way it did. Maybe it isn't a case of "bad" design but rather a compromise? There does seem to be an old discussion about it here:
http://EvC Forum: design evidence #320,098,754: the crossover food and air tubes in humans -->EvC Forum: design evidence #320,098,754: the crossover food and air tubes in humans

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