{"id":40549,"date":"2022-06-01T08:32:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=40549"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:00:55","slug":"1606","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1606\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle of Man: Fine Tuning for Blood and Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Part 3 of <em>The Miracle of Man<\/em> interview with author Michael Denton, the Australian biologist and MD explores with host Eric Anderson some of the bioengineering marvels of the human lung and, more fundamentally, some of the many things about chemistry, the sun, and planet Earth that had to be just so to allow our respiratory and circulatory systems to work\u2014not merely as well as they do but at all. It\u2019s fine tuning for creatures very much like ourselves, what Denton terms <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1637120125\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Miracle of Man<\/a><\/em>. \u201cDenton provides the a scientific underpinning for a theistic real humanism far beyond the nihilistic implications of so-called secular humanism,\u201d writes German paleontologist G\u00fcnter Bechly. \u201cThe book deserves to become a game changer that will spark a new enlightenment and re-enchantment of the cosmos in the twenty-first century.\u201d The new book is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/discoveryinstitutepress.com\/book\/the-miracle-of-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">available<\/a> at Amazon and other online retailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Part 3 of The Miracle of Man interview with author Michael Denton, the Australian biologist and MD explores with host Eric Anderson some of the bioengineering marvels of the human lung and, more fundamentally, some of the many things about chemistry, the sun, and planet Earth that had to be just so to allow our respiratory and circulatory systems to work\u2014not merely as well as they do but at all. It\u2019s fine tuning for creatures very much like ourselves, what Denton terms The Miracle of Man. \u201cDenton provides the a scientific underpinning for a theistic real humanism far beyond the nihilistic implications of so-called secular humanism,\u201d writes German paleontologist G\u00fcnter Bechly. \u201cThe book deserves to become a game changer<a class=\"ellipsis article-more\" href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1606\/\"><span> Read More &rsaquo;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":40516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/5072d78e-a87d-4e7f-acd4-410fcd53a761-IDTF-1606-MichaelDenton-MoM-Pt-3.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"990921","podmotor_episode_id":"1150678","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:17:42","filesize":"11.6 mb","filesize_raw":"12137853","date_recorded":"2022-06-01 08:32:20","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1606","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5515,5518,3441,4253,2596,5479,3521,5514,5516,3180,5451,5450,5512,5521,811,5520,5522,5517,3357,1146,5519,1185,3362,1218,5485,3389,3390,5513,5434,5436,4724,1618],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-40549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-air-breathing","tag-alveoli","tag-anthropocentrism","tag-bioengineering","tag-circulatory-system","tag-environmental-fitness","tag-fine-tuning-2","tag-fine-tuning-of-chemistry","tag-h2o","tag-hemoglobin","tag-homo-sapiens","tag-human-beings","tag-human-lungs","tag-hydrological-cycle","tag-intelligent-design","tag-iron","tag-land-based-life","tag-lung-breathers","tag-michael-denton","tag-oxygen","tag-oxygen-reactivity","tag-photosynthesis","tag-prior-fitness","tag-privileged-species","tag-respiratory-system","tag-sun","tag-sunlight","tag-terrestrial-beings","tag-the-miracle-of-man","tag-transition-metals","tag-transparent-atmosphere","tag-water","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Michael Denton"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/05\/Miracle-of-Man.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/40549\/1606.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40549\/1606.mp3","audio_player":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-40549-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40549\/1606.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40549\/1606.mp3\">https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40549\/1606.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"28oB7PH0ic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1606\/\">The Miracle of Man: Fine Tuning for Blood and Breath<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1606\/embed\/#?secret=28oB7PH0ic\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;The Miracle of Man: Fine Tuning for Blood and Breath&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" data-secret=\"28oB7PH0ic\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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