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Michael Behe

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The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids.


— Michael Behe


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The point here is that physics followed the data where it seemed to lead, even though some thought the model gave aid and comfort to religion.


— Michael Behe


#comfort #data #even #followed #gave

The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time.


— Michael Behe


#could #eye #first #happens #how

The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues.


— Michael Behe


#continues #dead #evolution #science #theory

Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age.


— Michael Behe


#been #beyond #cell #examples #history

Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.


— Michael Behe


#easily #inanimate #life #material #produced

We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box.


— Michael Behe


#black #box #design #open






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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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