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Scientific paper sez the human hand was designed by a 'Creator' sparks controversy
2016-03-04
[Independent] A recent scientific paper on the movement of the human hand has faced strong criticism for referring to a 'Creator' throughout.

The paper, titled: 'Biomechanical characteristics of hand coordination in grasping activities of daily living' was written by a team of four researchers, three from Huazhong University in China, and one from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

Published in the PLOS ONE journal, the fairly conventional study looked at the mechanics of how we grasp things, and involved the measurement of the hand movements of 30 participants.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  To paraph former POTUS BUSH41 = Gee whizzzz, I dunno, I once a childhood dream or vision where I saw a Giant Hand [God = Allan?] hold the entire Earth + Milky Way in its palm, does that count???

One must listen to Madonna's Videos-Music to find out what God did next.

But I digress ... ...
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-03-04 19:52  

#5  God, Garden, gorilla, and gimmick:
If He is the monkey we mimic,
No wonder we're handy,
The better, when randy,
To swing down and pluck Charlie Dimmock.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-03-04 16:22  

#4  Or maybe they are right. The human hand was designed by The Creator.
Posted by: jvalentour   2016-03-04 09:46  

#3  Or it came from a million years of flippers grabbing tree branches.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-03-04 09:15  

#2  We can't figure it out -> magic.
or
We sort of kind of explain it but it involves forcing the universe into a really really complicated Ptolemaic model, even then bits and pieces don't quite fit.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-03-04 08:33  

#1  IMO, Plos is yellow press of scientific journals. It's where all the kzinrettes (of both genders) inflicted on us by affirmative action/collegiality publish their brilliant (due to pissing against the wind) theories.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-03-04 04:33  

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