Tag: irreducible complexity

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 11, 2021

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
biochemistry, biology, Darwinism, devolution, Dogs, Evolution, hemoglobin, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, malaria, Michael Medved, Michael Medved Show, mousetrap, random mutations, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell mutation}

Michael Medved Spotlights Michael Behe and His New Book

_{Michael Behe

January 11, 2021

Evolution}

Today’s ID the Future features an excerpt from the Michael Medved Show spotlighting intelligent design proponent Michael Behe. The two Michaels do a quick flyover of Behe’s hard-hitting new book, A Mousetrap for Darwin: Michael Behe Answers His Critics. Along the way they discuss some random mutations often touted as proof of evolution’s power, including some found in dogs. On closer inspection, this dog of an argument for evolution won’t hunt. Tune in to hear Behe’s lucid explanation.

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 23, 2020

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
amino acids, antibiotic resistance, blood clotting, blood clotting cascade, cells, chloroquine resistance, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, DNA, Eugene Koonin, Evolution, evolutionary pathway, genetic mutations, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Jerry Coyne, look-ahead mutation, malaria, molecular biology, Mt. Improbable, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, protein-protein binding, Proteins, random mutation, Richard Dawkins, scientific paradigms, Sean B. Carroll, The Edge of Evolution}

Michael Behe’s Mousetrap on the Edge

_{Michael Behe

December 23, 2020

Evolution}

On this ID the Future Lehigh University biologist Michael Behe dives deeper into A Mousetrap for Darwin. Behe and host Eric Anderson pivot to the new book’s section defending Behe’s earlier work, The Edge of Evolution. In that earlier book, Behe reviewed hard data from evolution studies of malaria parasites, HIV, and E. coli, showed that blind evolutionary processes face severe limits as to what they can build, and argued that intelligent design was required for the origin of life’s great diversity. In this new conversation Behe touches on some of the attempts to refute that argument and suggests why those refutations fail. For a more in-depth look at his defense of The Edge of Evolution, get your copy of Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 9, 2020

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s test, Darwinism, Evolution, evolutionary theory, irreducible complexity, molecular biology, molecular evolution, Molecular Machines, mousetrap, Neo-Darwinism, The Origin of Species}

Michael Behe on the Battle of the Mousetraps

_{Michael Behe

December 9, 2020

Evolution}

On this ID the Future, Michael Behe responds to the attacks on … his mousetrap. Behe used the common mousetrap to illustrate the idea of irreducible complexity, showing how various mechanical contrivances need all of their main parts to function, and to show how irreducible complexity poses a major challenge to Darwinism’s idea of gradual, step-by-step evolution of some biological machines. Most of the attacks on Behe’s argument have focused on the irreducibly complex biological systems he spotlighted, such as the outboard motor known as the bacterial flagellum. But some of his critics fixated on the mousetrap itself, and argued that the mousetrap wasn’t actually irreducibly complex. Behe rebuts these counterarguments and explains why he’s convinced they fail. The discussion Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 2, 2020

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, comparative anatomy, comparative genomics, Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s test, David Snoke, DNA sequencing, Edge of Evolution, Evolution: a Theory in Crisis, eye, genome, irreducible complexity, macromolecular complexes, Michael Denton, molecular biology, molecular evolution, Molecular Machines, Nature (Journal), The Origin of Species, waiting time problem}

Michael Behe on the Growth of ID via the Growth of Science

_{Michael Behe

December 2, 2020

Evolution}

On this ID the Future, Michael Behe continues discussing A Mousetrap for Darwin, his newest book. Understanding of the cell has grown “by leaps and bounds” since the 1990s, when Behe’s first book appeared. Fresh discoveries have revealed ever more complex structures inside the cell. As Behe explains, it isn’t just the bacterial flagellum that’s irreducibly complex; the “hook” region inside the flagellum is, too. Evolution’s proper place of study has moved from gross anatomy and population genetics to biochemistry. In his conversation with host Eric Anderson, Behe says that intelligent design theory’s predictions are coming true over time, while for every step of increasing knowledge, it gets “worse and worse” for the theory of evolution by undirected unintelligent processes. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 25, 2020

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
argument from ignorance, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, irreducible complexity, James Shapiro, Kenneth Miller, molecular machinery, neutral evolution, Phillip Johnson, religious motivation, Science (Journal), sociology, Stephen C. Meyer, vitalism}

A Mousetrap for Darwin: The Interview, Pt. 1

_{Michael Behe

November 25, 2020

Evolution}

On this ID the Future, Eric Anderson interviews Michael Behe about Behe’s new book, A Mousetrap for Darwin. In this episode, Behe explains that he was spurred to build this collection of essays by a review in the journal Science claiming he had never answered his critics on key points. That annoyed Behe, because he had, multiple times. A Mousetrap for Darwin compiles more than a hundred of his responses, some of them from difficult-to-access places. The book also contains fresh material from Dr. Behe, including some lively behind-the-scenes details about his interactions with colleagues and critics. In this episode, the Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer, relates Read More ›

Michael Behe Still from Secrets in the Cell

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 18, 2020

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
appearance of design, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biological Information, Bruce Alberts, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, DNA, Eric Davidson, Evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetic information, information, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Lehigh University, Michael Levine, molecular biology, molecular machinery, Neo-Darwinism, origins science, protein nanomachines, scientific consensus, scientific paradigm, The Edge of Evolution, unguided evolution}

Michael Behe Reads from His New Book

_{Michael Behe

November 18, 2020

Evolution}

On this ID the Future, Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe reads from A Mousetrap for Darwin, his latest book making the case against blind evolution and for intelligent design. The volume contains some brand new material alongside a substantial collection of essays he’s written over the years in response to critics of his three previous intelligent design books. His pro-Darwin critics have jumped all over Behe. Some have even claimed he’s ignored their objections. A Mousetrap for Darwin gives the lie to that charge. Behe has answered his critics, and done so decisively, in everything from the New York Times and prominent blogs to major science journals. Listen in as he lays the groundwork for his fourth fascinating book, in Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 4, 2020

Categorized
Science

Tagged
__edited, irreducible complexity}

Omega-3 Nutrition Pioneer Tells How He Saw Irreducible Complexity in Cells 40 Years Ago

_{Brian Miller

September 4, 2020

Science}

On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, Jørn Dyerberg, the Danish biologist and co-discoverer of the role of omega-3 fatty acids in human health and nutrition, talks with Brian Miller about finding irreducible complexity in cells 40 years ago.

Michael Behe Answers Your Questions

_{Michael Behe

August 5, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science}

This episode of ID the Future features Darwin Devolves author Michael Behe. The Lehigh University biologist and Discovery Institute Senior Fellow sat down to answer some of the most common questions put to him about evolution and intelligent design, and here we collect his answers to three of those questions: (1) What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? (2) What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? And (3) Why aren’t you convinced by theistic evolution arguments?

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Author
Robert P. Waltzer

Date
July 6, 2020

Categorized
Evolution, Science

Tagged
__edited, cardiopulmonary system, Charles Darwin, common descent, hemoglobin, information, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, neutral evolution, Proteins, Tree of Life}

In a Nutshell: Three Great Problems for Evolution

_{Robert P. Waltzer

July 6, 2020

Evolution, Science}

On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with Robert Waltzer, chair of the department of biology at Belhaven University and co-author of Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, on three big problems faced by naturalistic evolutionary theory. First, it appears that science has turned up several instances of what is known as irreducible complexity, something that Darwin himself said would falsify his theory if ever discovered. Second, various proposed “trees of life” conflict with each other, a problem that has grown worse as additional evidence and methods have arisen, a trend that makes theories of common descent difficult to sustain. And third, we know of no case where information is generated or improved without Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 29, 2020

Categorized
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

Tagged
__edited, Change Over Time, common descent, ENCODE project, gradualism, historical science, irreducible complexity, Junk DNA, macroevolution, Microevolution, Natural Selection, non-coding DNA, Nutshell}

Robert Waltzer on Evolutionary Theory’s Room for Humility

_{Andrew McDiarmid

June 29, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science}

On this episode of ID the Future, biologist and professor Robert Waltzer talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about Waltzer’s chapter in the new Discovery Institute Press volume Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell. Waltzer’s chapter covers some key terms in the evolution/ID conversation that are often misunderstood or misused. These include the word “evolution” itself, “change over time,” “common descent,” and “natural selection.” He offers quick definitions and explains some of the confusion surrounding them. Waltzer also describes an encouraging success story of his about fostering open dialogue and exploration of the evidence for design in nature.