(Hat tip: Dispatches from the Culture Wars.)
Uncrewing the Inscrutible has a series on the Intelligent Design/Intelligent Origin Theory (ID/IOT) movement.
Read the essay – I won't try to summarize it right now.
On the subject of irreducible complexity, I've been asked to provide a paper that will disprove Michael Behe's thesis. Keep in mind, when you read this and follow the links, just what Behe's thesis is. In words of one syllable, Behe's saying, "You can't get there from here."
IOW, there's no plausible pathway from, say, a bacterium without a flagellum to a bacterium with one. The flagellum, and indeed, any irreducibly complex system, must have all its pieces present and working in order to function. That means, all the pieces had to come into existence by whatever method all at once, in order for the system to exist.
In order to disprove this thesis, all that's required is to show that a plausible pathway exists. Behe would then have to explain why this pathway is impossible, and so far, he's declined to do so.
Oh, yes. I love blog owner Brent Rasmussen's quote:
I'm not angry, I just don't agree with you.
How many times have you seen simple disagreement re-cast as anger, insult, hatred, or whatever?
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