Intelligent Design.......Intelligent Designer

[wincam]

it comes like a bolt out of the blue to be told and realise for the first time that "we do not breathe" - this is a clever design by an Intelligent Designer - If we were to do our own breathing we would only do it now and again and not for long before losing interest or only when we felt like it or even not at all when asleep - this after all is the breath of life - wincam

[wincam]

it comes like a bolt out of the blue to be told and realise for the first time that "we do not breathe" - this is a clever design by an Intelligent Designer - If we were to do our own breathing we would only do it now and again and not for long before losing interest or only when we felt like it or even not at all when asleep - this after all is the breath of life - wincam

no comment - wincam

[wincam]

it comes like a bolt out of the blue to be told and realise for the first time that "we do not breathe" - this is a clever design by an Intelligent Designer - If we were to do our own breathing we would only do it now and again and not for long before losing interest or only when we felt like it or even not at all when asleep - this after all is the breath of life - wincam

no comment - wincam

why no comment - wincam

[p.rehbein]

Ok, I'll bite...........an Intellegent Designer (The Lord God) created an intellgent design.......

FROM WIKIPEDEIA:

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Control of breathing

Main article: Control of respiration

Breathing is one of the few bodily functions which, within limits, can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously.

[edit] Conscious control

Conscious control of breathing is common in many forms of meditation, specifically forms of yoga for example pranayama[5] unlike anapana which is only awareness of breath. In swimming, cardio fitness, speech or vocal training, one learns to discipline one's breathing, initially consciously but later sub-consciously, for purposes other than life support. Human speech is also dependent on conscious breath control. Also breathing control is used in Buteyko method.

[edit] Unconscious control

Unconsciously, breathing is controlled by specialized centers in the brainstem, which automatically regulate the rate and depth of breathing depending on the body's needs at any time. When carbon dioxide levels increase in the blood, it reacts with the water in blood, producing carbonic acid. Lactic acid produced by fermentation during exercise also lowers pH. The drop in the blood's pH stimulates chemoreceptors in the carotid and aortic bodies as well as those inside the respiratory center in the medulla oblongata. Chemoreceptors send more nerve impulses to the respiration centre in the medulla oblongata and pons in the brain. These, in turn send nerve impulses through the phrenic and thoracic nerves to the diaphragm.

[wincam]

yes - exactly as stated - we actually only breathe when we attend the like of Yoga classes or decide to do it ourselves but not for too long  etc as stated - wincam