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Michael Behe

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As can be seen even by this limited number of examples proteins carry out amazingly diverse functions.


— Michael Behe


#carry #diverse #even #examples #functions

Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken.


— Michael Behe


#again #being #biology #black #boxes

But sequence comparisons simply can't account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin's comparison of simple and complex eyes told him how vision worked.


— Michael Behe


#any #biochemical #comparison #comparisons #complex

In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines.


— Michael Behe


#components #larger #machines #many #molecular

In order to say that some function is understood, every relevant step in the process must be elucidated.


— Michael Behe


#every #function #must #order #process

It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.


— Michael Behe


#avoid #conclusions #must #often #said

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed.


— Michael Behe


#ago #expansion #first #observed #only

Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life.


— Michael Behe


#carries #chemical #chemical reactions #life #living

Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted.


— Michael Behe


#decide #explanations #game #permitted #rules

Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen.


— Michael Behe


#collagen #large #large measure #made #measure






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Although Professor Behe is adamant in his definition of irreducible complexity when he says a precursor 'missing a part is by definition nonfunctional' what he obviously means is that it will not function in the same way the system functions when all the parts are present. Dover Area School District the first direct challenge brought in United States federal courts to an attempt to mandate the teaching of intelligent design on First Amendment grounds Behe was called as a primary witness for the defense and asked to support the idea that intelligent design was legitimate science.

Michael J. He currently serves as professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and as a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. Behe is best known for his argument for irreducible complexity which asserts that some biochemical structures are too complex to be adequately explained by known evolutionary mechanisms and are therefore more probably the result of intelligent design.

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