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Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record

For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›
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“Compelling,” “Thorough”: Biochemist Russell Carlson on Behe’s Mousetrap

"Over the years Behe has received a mountain of criticism, all of which has been answered by him in letters to the editors of journals, newspapers, and blogs." Read More ›
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Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education

Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages. Read More ›
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Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Read More ›
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Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species

From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that? Read More ›
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C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions

Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for? Read More ›
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Important Medical Effects but Modest Mutations

It’s important to remember that Darwinian factors are indeed real and can have important medical effects, but they only modify life around the edges. Read More ›
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Meyer on “Nested Coding”: Another Successful Design Prediction

Overlapping genes, or “nested coding,” was anticipated by microbiologist Siegfried Scherer. Read More ›

Behe on Darwinism’s “Socially Inherited Dependence on Classical Yet Irrelevant Math”

Professor Behe traces the errant thinking to an outdated mathematical picture taken from Ronald Fisher and his 1930 book, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Read More ›

In Terror of Chipmunks: A Response to Joseph Felsenstein

Seldom have I seen a piece of scientifically inspired writing like Felsenstein's that is so far off the mark. Read More ›

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