I have to take exception to a posting earlier today by Darrell Ayers. He referenced a very interesting, though not current, article about how Japanese high-speed trains have been redesigned to emulate the aerodynamic qualities of kingfisher bill morphology, and that this modification has improved the aerodynamics of the trains and eliminated sonic boom effects. Fascinating, yes, but the article concludes that the marvelous aerodynamic adaptations of the kingfisher are a work of "the hand of the Lord." The article was written by a champion of creationist explanations for natural phenomena. This interpretation is the traditional easy way out for those not open to exploring alternate explanations, such as the view that biological diversity might be explained in scientific terms grounded in the overwhelming evidence for the theory of evolution. In my view the MOU-NET website is neither a place for promulgating religious dogmatism nor for furthering the tiresome debate among creationists and evolutionists. This is a birding website. Let's keep it a place for reporting bird observations untainted by philosophical interpretation.
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