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Line 23: − == Evidence == − − One of the first major books with evidence for intelligent design was [[Michael J. Behe]]'s. Behe is a Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University. He alleges in "Darwin's Black Box" [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684834936/thetalkorigin-20/] that there are certain ''irreducible complexities'' which can only be addressed by an intelligent designer. Some scientists who reviewed Behe's book felt that the structures he defined could evolve through the mechanisms of naturalist evolution and that the evidence provided was not convincing. [http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Catalano/box/nature.shtml] − − == Analogies == − − Many Intelligent Design advocates propose the "watch" analogy. − :Imagine one is walking along a beach, and suddenly encounters a wrist-watch. Given its relative sophistication vis-a-vis its environment, and the obvious non-random care with which it was made, does the wrist-watch pre-suppose an Intelligent Designer?
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Intelligent Design (ID) is the theory that various features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause and not by undirected processes. [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2348][http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2834&program=CSC%20-%20Scientific%20Research%20and%20Scholarship%20-%20History%20and%20Philosophy%20of%20Science][http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2571][http://www.arn.org/idfaq/What%20is%20intelligent%20design.htm]
Intelligent Design (ID) is the theory that various features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause and not by undirected processes. [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2348][http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2834&program=CSC%20-%20Scientific%20Research%20and%20Scholarship%20-%20History%20and%20Philosophy%20of%20Science][http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2571][http://www.arn.org/idfaq/What%20is%20intelligent%20design.htm]
== Evidence ==
One of the first major books with evidence for intelligent design was [[Michael J. Behe]]'s. Behe is a Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University. He states in "Darwin's Black Box" [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684834936/thetalkorigin-20/] that there are certain ''[[Irreducible complexity|irreducible complexities]]'' which can only be addressed by an intelligent designer. Some scientists who reviewed Behe's book felt that the structures he defined could evolve through the mechanisms of naturalist evolution and that the evidence provided was not convincing. [http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Catalano/box/nature.shtml]
== Analogies ==
Many Intelligent Design advocates propose the "watch" analogy.
:Imagine one is walking along a beach, and suddenly encounters a wrist-watch. Given its relative sophistication vis-a-vis its environment, and the obvious non-random care with which it was made, does the wrist-watch pre-suppose an Intelligent Designer?
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