As darwin once said, observations are useless unless they are for or against some position. You might as well count pebbles on a beach unless you are supporting or opposing a hypothesis.
So what is the ID research program? What is ID observing, and how does it expect its observations to support or oppose its position?
ID is not proposing to take a position scientifically per se. It is NOT a scientific theory. It is just a thing we believe exists, such as nature exists. We do not debate on whether nature exists, nor try to measure it, we merely observe the interactions of things within it. By viewing it from a perspective of "what is nature trying to accomplish?" when looking at things going on in the animal world, a good deal of insight as to PURPOSE of things is gained. I propose such could also be a profitable exercise when looked at thru the ID perspective. What we could gain may be nothing more than that... insight.
Some people keep saying we are just apes, and in some cases they may be right, which is what scares me. Because we refuse to look at the PURPOSE of everything, and instead focus only on what we are able to DO, we have the power of near gods.. but without any of the wisdom.