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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

Conclusion

Scientists are continually amazed at the incomparable structures and
systems they discover in nature—and they express their wonder by copy-
ing them to create new technologies for mankind’s benefit. They’ve real-
ized that those impeccable systems and extraordinary techniques that na-
ture employs, far superior to their own knowledge and capabilities, offer
incomparable solutions to existing problems. Accordingly, they’re now re-
sorting to natural designs in a great many areas where, after years of effort,
they’ve been unable to come up with solutions. As a result, they’ve been
able to produce successful results within very short spaces of time.
Furthermore, by imitating nature, scientists have saved considerable terms
of time and effort, and applied material resources far more effectively.
Recognizing the superior nature of natural designs, evolutionists are
suffering yet another disappointment, another loss of hope. Once again,
their unscientific claims that living things develop gradually, from the
simple to the complex, and that the designs of living things came about
through chance has been demonstrated to be untrue. Also, they’ve had to
accept, albeit unwillingly, that the incomparable art that has so astonished
them—that the knowledge and reason they so greatly admire—cannot be
the work of chance, but only of our Almighty Creator.
It is God, the Lord of the worlds, Who creates the flawless and un-
matched systems in all living things; He Who creates everything flaw-
lessly. Those who refuse to accept this fact will suffer an irreparable sor-
row on the Day of Judgment. In the Qur’an, God describes how such peo-
ple waste their time in this world. The Qur’an describes in these terms the
impeccable nature of our Lord’s artistry:
He, Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any
flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again—do you see

any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you
dazzled and exhausted! (Qur'an, 67: 3-4)

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