irreducible complexity

^{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2022}

Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Debate Intelligent Design, Pt. 1

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, design theorist Casey Luskin, an editor of The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, and science historian Adam Shapiro, co-author of Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, debate the meaning and prospects of intelligent design. Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
March 17, 2022}

Behe: Bacteriophage—The New Poster Child for Darwin’s Doom

_{Michael J. Behe
March 17, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, Lehigh University biologist Michael Behe argues that Darwinism was built on a foundation of ignorance. Read More ›

^{Stuart Burgess
March 10, 2022}

Jaw Dropping: Nature’s Irreducibly Complex Linkage Mechanisms

_{Stuart Burgess
March 10, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, Bristol University engineer Stuart Burgess dives deeper into the engineering marvels of such sea creatures as the parrotfish, sling-jaw wrasse, mantis shrimp, and the deep sea dragonfish, with a particular focus on the amazing linkage mechanisms found in these creatures. Read More ›

^{Evolution News
October 15, 2020
Intelligent Design}

Breakout Paper in Journal of Theoretical Biology Explicitly Supports Intelligent Design

_{Evolution News
October 15, 2020
Intelligent Design}

The Journal of Theoretical Biology has published an explicitly pro-intelligent design article, “Using statistical methods to model the fine-tuning of molecular machines and systems.” Let’s take a closer look at the contents. Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
February 20, 2020
Intelligent Design}

Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper

_{Michael J. Behe
February 20, 2020
Intelligent Design}

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 have been raised against intelligent design over the years. In 2002 Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
February 19, 2020
Intelligent Design}

Secrets of the Cell, Episode 2: The Complexity of Life

_{Michael J. Behe
February 19, 2020
Intelligent Design}

Join biochemist and bestselling author Michael Behe as he explores “reducible” and “irreducible” complexity at the foundation of life in Episode 2 of his series “Secrets of the Cell.” Further Exploration Use the links below to explore more about the issues raised in this episode. More about Michael Behe WEBSITE: MichaelBehe.com More about Irreducible Complexity WEB PAGE: “What Is Irreducible Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
October 2, 2019
Intelligent Design}

Evidence Keeps Rolling In

_{Michael J. Behe
October 2, 2019
Intelligent Design}

Several new papers have appeared that reinforce key points of my recent book, Darwin Devolves. (Hat tip to Paul Nelson.) The first one — “Quantifying the pathways to life using assembly spaces” — is from a group of theoreticians at Arizona State and the University of Glasgow. (The work was discussed by one of the authors, Sara Imari Walker, at a Read More ›

Asking for assistance, optimism and survivor desperation to contact the world conceptual idea with a message in a glass bottle with a cork washing away on sandy beach with the ocean in the background

^{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016
Intelligent Design}

A Slightly Technical Introduction to Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
March 1, 2016
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent design — often called “ID” — is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection. ID theorists argue that design can be inferred by studying the informational properties of natural objects to determine if they bear the type of information that in our experience arises from an intelligent cause. Proponents of neo-Darwinian evolution contend that the information in life arose via purposeless, blind, and unguided processes. ID proponents argue that this information arose via purposeful, intelligently guided processes. Both claims are scientifically testable using the standard methods of science. But ID theorists say that when we use the scientific method to explore nature, the evidence points away from unguided material causes, and reveals intelligent design. Read More ›

^{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2015
Intelligent Design}

An Introduction to Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Click here for a reproducible PDF of this article.PDF En Español Intelligent design — often called “ID” — is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection. ID theorists argue that design can be inferred Read More ›

Light rail tram transportation in motion through stone archway

^{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Responding to Criticisms of Irreducible Complexity of the Bacterial Flagellum from the Australian Broadcasting Network

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Time flies. Published in 1996, Michael Behe's book Darwin's Black Box represented a major development in the modern articulation of the scientific argument for intelligent design. Critics continue to make the same arguments, which still fall flat for the identical reasons they did years ago. We've documented this repeatedly. Yet they keep coming at us. Read More ›