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Irreducible Complexity — A Simple Idea with Far-Ranging Consequences, Deadly to Darwinism

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Biochemist Michael Behe’s observation that many evolutionary innovations are “irreducibly complex” is a simple idea, conveyed effectively in just 2 minutes and 38 seconds in the video above. But its challenge to Darwinian explanations of life’s wonders is severe, and one to which evolutionary advocates have found no convincing answer.

This month we celebrate Dr. Behe’s work and the 20th anniversary of his path-breaking book Darwin’s Black Box. That work is the subject of a new hour-long documentary, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, written and directed by John West. It’s available now on DVD and Blu-ray. Get yours now!

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David Klinghoffer

Senior Fellow and Editor, Science and Culture Today
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of seven books including Plato’s Revenge: The New Science of the Immaterial Genome and The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.
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