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  • Why scientists dismiss 'intelligent design' - It would ‘become the death of science’

    09/28/2005 6:31:31 AM PDT · by gobucks · 273 replies · 3,423+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 23 Sept 2005 | Ker Than
    (snip) But in order to attract converts and win over critics, a new scientific theory must be enticing. It must offer something that its competitors lack. That something may be simplicity (snip). Or it could be sheer explanatory power, which was what allowed evolution to become a widely accepted theory with no serious detractors among reputable scientists. So what does ID offer? What can it explain that evolution can't? (snip) Irreducible Complexity (snip) Darwin himself admitted that if an example of irreducible complexity were ever found, his theory of natural selection would crumble. "If it could be demonstrated that any...