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Self-Organization and Irreducibly Complex Systems

Michael J. Behe
August 31, 2000

Some biochemical systems require multiple, well-matched parts in order to function, and the removal of any of the parts eliminates the function. I have previously labeled such systems “irreducibly complex,” and argued that they are stumbling blocks for Darwinian theory. Instead I … » Go

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A Mousetrap Defended

Michael J. Behe
July 31, 2000

In Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution I coined the term “irreducible complexity” in order to point out an apparent problem for the Darwinian evolution of some biochemical and cellular systems. In brief, an irreducibly complex system is one that needs … » Go

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Your Designed Body

Steve Laufmann and Howard Glicksman
November 22, 2022
Consider your body. Every day it must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you’ll die. While you’re going about your daily business, your body stores, retrieves, translates, and manages software for thousands of proteins, switches, setpoints, thresholds, feedback … » Go
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2023 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

The Center for Science and Culture
February 17, 2023

How has Christianity contributed to the rise of modern science? What do the latest scientific discoveries tell us about the existence of God? Explore these questions, and more, at Discovery Institute’s 5th-annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith.

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Animal Algorithms

Eric Cassell
November 1, 2021

How do some birds, turtles, and insects possess navigational abilities that rival the best manmade navigational technologies? Who or what taught the honey bee its dance, or its hive mates how to read the complex message of the dance? In Animal Algorithms, Eric Cassell surveys recent evidence and … » Go

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Seeing the Mind Behind the Universe

J.C. Derrick
March 25, 2021
Stephen Meyer founded and heads the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute. He has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in England and is the author of three books that are essential reading in the scientific debate about evolution. The first, Signature in the Cell, examines … » Go
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The Top Six Lines of Evidence for Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
February 25, 2021

Many different pieces of evidence point to design in nature. Here they six, their order simply reflecting that in which they must logically have occurred within our universe.

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A Mousetrap for Darwin

Michael J. Behe
November 17, 2020
Darwin’s Black Box thrust Michael Behe to the forefront of the intelligent design movement. The Lehigh University biochemist has haunted the dreams of Darwinists ever since. Each of his three books sparked a firestorm of criticism, in everything from the New York … » Go
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Online Event Launching Michael Behe’s Latest Book — A Mousetrap for Darwin

The Center for Science and Culture
November 21, 2020

According to Behe, one of the most powerful arguments that he is on the right track is the sheer vacuity of the attacks leveled against him, many offered by undeniably brilliant scientists. But are those criticisms really as empty as he thinks?

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An Empirical Argument for Intelligent Design

Michael J. Behe
April 15, 2020
Professor Michael Behe invites us to review the sweep of his argument for intelligent design, as he has presented it in his books and other publications, form Darwin’s Black Box to Darwin Devolves, from irreducible complexity to the First Rule of Adaptive Evolution. This is, from top to bottom, … » Go
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Selected Journal Articles by Michael Behe

Michael J. Behe
March 11, 2020
Getting There First: An Evolutionary Rate Advantage for Adaptive Loss-of-Function Mutations Michael J. Behe Biological Information: New Perspectives, edited by R. J. Marks II, M. J. Behe, W. A. Dembski, and B. L. Gordon. World Scientific Publishing, Hong Kong, 450-473. Abstract: Over the … » Go
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Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper

Michael J. Behe
February 20, 2020
Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of Darwin’s Black Box by Purdue University philosopher of religion Paul Draper. I had not done so, but will use the occasion to respond now and to clear up a couple of philosophical-ish objections that … » Go
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