[js1138]

The assumption that nature is constant and consistent in its rules is what makes science possible. People as individuals might care how the rules got that way, but science just searches for them.

[Fester Chugabrew]

The assumption that nature is constant and consistent in its rules is what makes science possible.

All of which makes the propostion of banning intelligent design from scientific discussion fairly preposterous. Just as it is the essence of intelligent design to create and implement orderly materials and processes, it is the essence of science to seek out and explain the details.