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To: wtp7

The second sentence of your post is incorrect.

There are precisely zero peer reviewed scientific papers demonstrating ID.

The Discovery Institute has never funded any research that would produce such a paper.


93 posted on 02/15/2006 5:24:16 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: From many - one.; PatrickHenry
There are precisely zero peer reviewed scientific papers demonstrating ID.

It's even worse than that:

On cross-examination, Professor Behe admitted that: "There are no peer reviewed articles by anyone advocating for intelligent design supported by pertinent experiments or calculations which provide detailed rigorous accounts of how intelligent design of any biological system occurred"(22:22-23 (Behe)). Additionally, Professor Behe conceded that there are no peer-reviewed papers supporting his claims that complex molecular systems, like the bacterial flagellum, the blood-clotting cascade, and the immune system, were intelligently designed. (21:61-62 (complex molecular systems), 23:4-5 (immune system), and 22:124-25 (blood-clotting cascade) (Behe)). In that regard, there are no peer-reviewed articles supporting Professor Behe's argument that certain complex molecular structures are "irreducibly complex."17 (21:62, 22:124-25 (Behe)). In addition to failing to produce papers in peer-reviewed journals, ID also features no scientific research or testing. (28:114-15 (Fuller); 18:22-23, 105-06 (Behe)). After this searching and careful review of ID as espoused by its proponents, as elaborated upon in submissions to the Court, and as scrutinized over a six week trial, we find that ID is not science and cannot be adjudged a valid, accepted scientific theory as it has failed to publish in peer-reviewed journals, engage in research and testing, and gain acceptance in the scientific community.

source:

Kitzmiller et al. v Dover Area School District et al..

No peer reviewed science articles supporting it, no research, virtually no acceptance in the scientific community. ID is dead; "Dover" was its Waterloo. Anyone who believes that ID is "supported" by scientific research, articles, or testing, and is "gaining acceptance" among scientists, is ignorant, delusional, or insane.

231 posted on 02/15/2006 11:22:43 AM PST by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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