Intelligent design? Really?

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There's a comedian called Dara O'Briain who does a wonderful routine on this. He asks "How well designed are you. Take your clothes off and stand in front of the mirror. The God that made mountains and sunsets made you. What kind of an off-day was he having exactly?"

There are so many examples of poor design in us the idea of a designer is laughable. I write this standing at my computer as my back has "gone again." According to my Doctor its just not all that well designed for complex things like sitting, standing or lying down. If it wasn't for ibuprofen I'd be hanging upside down in a cupboard crying.

Lets not mention the design of the eye - blood supply in front of the light receptive cells - genius. Didn't make that mistake with the Octopus did he and why do Goldfish have so much better colour vision* that we do? Why does an Eagle have 4 times the resolution we do (why did pterosaurs have 10 times the resolution come to that - and they are extinct).

* - to be fair most things have better colour vision that I do - I didn't see the numbers in the dots test apart from the very first slide and apparently that's one everyone sees.

And who puts waste disposal right next to the main recreation area (or procreation area if you prefer)?

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We use our appendix.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/...96277.html

We do - we use our spleen too - but we can live without either (both).