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Here is my foreword to this beautiful book.

Foreword

Nature's IQ is a beautiful book. The pictures are beautiful, the words are
beautiful, the ideas are beautiful. As one goes through the pages of Nature's IQ, one is confronted with one example after another of the
delicate organic and behavioral complexity of living things. This
complexity is so stunning that before Darwin most scientists were prepared
to believe that it could be explained only by appealing to an intelligent
designer, God. The few who did not like the idea of such a designer could present no credible alternative. When he published his Origin of Species,Darwin gave such scientists hope that the wonderful complexity of living things could be explained without appealing to an intelligent designer. He proposed that biological complexity and diversity could possibly be explained by variations in populations of living things. Only the living things possessing the variations that made them fitter than others would survive in nature. Thus variation and natural selection, proposed Darwin,could explain the diversity and complexity of living things. One hundred and fifty years later, this promise has failed to come true. Scientists have come to understand that the principal source of variety in living things resides in their genes. Change in physical form and behavior is thus rooted in the genes of living things. Genetic change is the source of variation. But to this day, scientists are unable to specify the exact series of genetic changes necessary to produce the marvelously complex organic structures and behaviors illustrated in this beautiful book.Nature's IQ confronts us with many wonders of nature that Darwinists have failed to explain in any strictly scientific fashion. They simply ask us to believe that somehow or other it all happened by evolution. The authors of Nature's IQ give us good reasons to no longer accept Darwinian fairy tales as actual explanations. They demonstrate to us that truly scinetific explanations have
not been given, and that in principle they cannot be given. They breathe
new life into the design argument in biology, particularly in regard to the complex behaviors displayed by many living things. These complex behaviors involve many behavioral steps, linked in specific sequences. Without all the parts of the behavior being present in proper sequence, the behavior would not be executed. We can thus say that not only biological form but biological behavior can be irreducibly complex. That means these behaviors cannot have arisen in the step by step fashion that evolution requires. Thus biological behavior also provides evidence of intelligent design. This book is bound to become a classic, taking its place alongside the works of Michael Behe and William Dembski in the modern intelligent design movement.

Michael A. Cremo
Author Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory

Length:: 1:41 Mins

Nature is full of wonders. The authors present a hundred examples of very intricate behavioral patterns found in the animal kingdom that suggest, or even prove, that someone must have 'programmed' these animals with careful consideration.
Not only are the examples mind boggling, they are also illustrated with stunning pictures.

If you hold even a slight interest in the development of life on earth and what makes creatures on our planet tick, get this book. Chances are you'll keep it in your library forever. Creatures in nature have very precise design and function, such as acute senses, remarkable camouflage, and complex instincts. Did they get this way through natural selection? By a divine creator? Or by something else...like nature itself, designing them precisely and almost perfectly from the start? Long-held ideas are questioned and new theories ventured by the authors Hornyanszky and Tasi. The photos are nothing short of breathtaking, and the discussion is often thought-provoking. "Nature's I.Q." comes highly recommended!

As a parent, I found this book the best way of explaining the hierarchy of Supreme Being, Soul, Nature, Earth and the position of Humans and Animals. Very thought provoking (tough time to science teachers).

The last chapter describes the Vedic view of life. Even if you skip this chapter, this book is still amazing. One must have it.

Kansas law states that Nature's IQ has the right of Primae Noctis. Florida recently elected it to the state Senate. The Aramaic for the title also translates as 'Jesus is Lord', which is ironic as the authors appear to be followers of Krishna. If you wave Nature's IQ over a copy of The Planet of the Apes it will erase the DVD (it will actually transubstantiate the re-make into Kosher Franks.)

It's not a very good book. Even if you're into I.D. you've got better options out there and, since you're looking at the English version, you'll probably be put off by all the Krishna stuff.

If you're actually interested in current research into the genetic basis for animal behavior then how are you even reading this? The description wasn't clear enough for you? This is Intelligent Design country, son. Nobody 'round here is doin' no fancy re-search. If'n they's got the letters they searched it out right the first time . . . in the Good Book.

You'll learn more about DNA and behavior from The Muppet Babies than Nature's IQ.