Michael J. Behe

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A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019}

Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other.

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

_{Michael Behe
March 25, 2019}

Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms.

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1

_{Michael Behe
March 22, 2019}

Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data.

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019}

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt.

Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Behe
March 12, 2019}

Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement.

Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

_{Michael Behe
March 6, 2019}

Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them.

Coyne and Polar Bears: Why You Should Never Rely on Incompetent Reviewers

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019}

A very common way to try to discredit an argument is to exaggerate it, ignore distinctions an author makes, and/or change carefully qualified claims into bizarre absolutes.

Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019}

Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date.

Woo-hoo! In Science Review of Darwin Devolves, Lenski Has No Response to My Main Argument

_{Michael Behe
February 7, 2019}

In a few days I will offer a detailed rebuttal. But here is the overwhelmingly important point to notice right up front.

Here’s How to Tell if Scientists Are Exaggerating

_{Michael Behe
January 28, 2019}

Here’s the simple test to tell if scientists are exaggerating wildly. Let’s call it: “The Principle of Comparative Difficulty.”

On Intelligent Design, Do Your Own Homework. Make Up Your Own Mind.

_{Michael Behe
January 23, 2019}

C.S. Lewis encountered an objection to his literary criticism analogous to Kevin Williamson’s and explored its underlying logic.

Best of Behe: Blind Evolution or Intelligent Design? An Address at the American Museum of Natural History

_{Michael Behe
December 18, 2016}

Let's begin with a sketch of the design argument.

Best of Behe: An Open Letter to Professors Kenneth Miller and PZ Myers

_{Michael Behe
December 8, 2016}

Everyone is looking forward to seeing your calculations. Please keep the rhetoric to a minimum.

Best of Behe: Waiting Longer for Two Mutations

_{Michael Behe
December 1, 2016}

Durrett and Schmidt illustrate "my" mistake with an example about a lottery winner.

Best of Behe: Design for Living

_{Michael Behe
November 25, 2016}

I have found widespread confusion about what intelligent design is and what it is not.

Best of Behe: Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype

_{Michael Behe
November 17, 2016}

For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks.

Best of Behe: A Quick Reprise of The Edge of Evolution

_{Michael Behe
November 10, 2016}

Below is a list of annotated bullet points plus some commentary summarizing it.

Irreducible Complexity and the Evolutionary Literature: A Response to Critics

_{Michael Behe
November 3, 2016}

Following the publication of Darwin's Black Box, web-savvy fans of natural selection set up extensive, sophisticated sites to dispute the book.

Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Critics

_{Michael Behe
October 27, 2016}

Some reviewers of Darwin's Black Box raised philosophical objections. I will discuss several of these.

Darwin Under the Microscope

_{Michael Behe
October 20, 2016}

The following was published in the New York Times on October 29, 1996.