[VadeRetro]

A physical prediction--a missing link species--made with evolutionary logic! Thank you!

Now give a prediction in ID logic.

[AndrewC]

Now give a prediction in ID logic

I'll humor you. Same prediction, but not accidental.

[Heartlander]

ID is applied in science and life everyday – just to man-made items though. Science will not ‘allow’ it to be applied to biology because it’s not man-made.

“When its empirical resources are exhausted, science itself closes the door to naturalistic explanation. -William A. Dembski

Once ID is let in to biology we can use it, as any other design theory, to make predictions:

Variability Problem -- What degree of perturbation allows continued functioning? Alternatively, what is the range of variability within which the designed object functions and outside of which it breaks down?

Restoration Problem -- Once perturbed, how can the original design be recovered? Art restorers, textual critics, and archeologists know all about this.

Optimality Problem -- In what sense is the designed object optimal?

Separation of Causes Problem -- How does one tease apart the effects of intelligent causes from natural causes, both of which could have affected the object in question? For instance, a rusted old Cadillac exhibits the effects of both design and weathering?

Intentionality Problem -- What was the intention of the designer in producing a given designed object?

Identity Problem -- Who is the designer? -William A. Dembski