[Tribune7]

ID is the Phrenology of the 21st century.

Not really. Phrenology was accepted by the scientific community when it appeared (as was Freudian psychoanalysis; a steady-state universe; spontaneous generation of life; global warming; eugenics etc.)

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

All of which looked good in the beginning, and had popular support and lots of practitioners, but then failed to live up to close scrutiny.

ID will suffer the same fate. It will eventually collapse under its own weight.