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, from Darwin’s Black Box to Darwin Devolves, from irreducible complexity to the First Rule of Adaptive Evolution. This is, from top to bottom, an empirical argument, as he points out.

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A proper scientific endeavor should approach a phenomenon by asking what it is there for, not what trash it represents that has been left behind. ID theory is better positioned philosophically and ethically to approach future biological questions, because it assumes “innocent till proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” If something works, it’s not happening by accident.

Does evolutionary theory help us understand the cause(s) or treatment of cancer? According to cancer biologist Mel Greaves, the standard view that many cancers arise via spontaneous mutation is “contentious.” In fact, the cause(s) of cancer remain controversial.

Given the increasing sadness associated with the coronavirus pandemic, I was slow to write about our remarkable abilities to fight infections. Yet, watching how international medical researchers are capitalizing on the normal human body’s defense mechanisms to heal and protect us, I was reminded that there is much to marvel at here.