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Mimicking Materials and Structures In Nature
eldavojohn writes "From special organic molecules to organic surfaces with special properties to organic concrete, MIT's Technology Review takes a look at inspirations in nature that materials scientists are currently mimicking for human purposes. You may be able to name other fields that have turned to evolution for inspiration as well."
Other fields like ID/creationism have been evolving their arguments over time?
Not sure about your example of a basalt cliff... How exactly does a cliff evolve?
Look at his nick: BadAnalogyGuy. What did you expect from him, a car analogy?
John
No, you see, we were put into this world of suffering and death so we can grow and learn! I mean, sure, God is omnipotent and omniscient and all and created us directly and presumably could've done all this growing and learning of us himself much more easily. But somehow this is different and magic and I'm totally not desperately trying to prop up my beliefs no matter how nonsensical my justifications may be at all!
You sir are and moron.
you sir, made my day. ;)
i wage a holy war against the apostrophe.
I'll take a shot at it!
See, it's like this: I see strong structures like basalt columns as volkswagons, which as you know, are arch-shaped and therefore strong. Weak structures on the other hand, such as grasses, are more like smart cars: easily crushed and, well, no where to go from here. I got nothin'. Sorry. Ask BadAnalogyGuy.
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
>>Like for example, causing the temperature of the planet to drop for a period of time to nerf cold-blooded animals?
Yeah, God took out Velociraptors in the 1.2 patch. They were too OP.
Reptile players kind of bitched about it on the forums, but the introduction of flying units in 1.3 gave them a strong advantage that only late game mammal players can counter.