[voltaires_zit]

Examples that intelligence is capable of doing something are not evidence that intelligence is required to accomplish it.

[Southack]

"Examples that intelligence is capable of doing something are not evidence that intelligence is required to accomplish it."

Examples that conclusively prove that ID created an animal rule out treating ID as unprovable, or unfalsifiable, or untestable, or unscientific.

ID works for some animals. That means that it can't be discarded flippantly.

[Fester Chugabrew]

What scientific argument is there for the proposition that intelligence is not required to produce organized matter performing specific functions? The nature and extent of intelligent design is fertile ground for science to explore, information being the very currency of science.

Furthermore, science is always tethered to each observer's philosophy or premises, so it is somewhat disingenuous to suggest proponents of intelligent design theory are operating purely out of religious and philosophical motives while proponents of methodological naturalism are purely objective.