How do you propose that we test ID?
DogGone: “How do you propose that we test ID?”
I think the ID theory will have to be verified by the same means that the evolution theory has been supported - by observing current life forms and their characteristics plus fossil records and other “historical” or geological evidence. I think mathematical and computer simulation is another tool that can be utilized to prove or disprove ID.
As in any theory, we can’t just observe one phenomena and base the entire theory on that. This seems to be a great strength of the ID theory in that it is very unifying - it helps explain many dimensions of complexity and similarity in the world around us. Without the pre-disposed ideals of some early scientist toward a designer, we probably would have taken much longer (if ever) to describe physical laws in a general way to apply to diverse phenomena (i.e. calculus, the laws of thermodynamics, etc).