Intelligent design/objections
Overview
Intelligent Design (ID), which has never been spelled out in detail beyond the level of an informal theory, is often proposed as a viable alternative to the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection. Mainstream scientists generally agree that ID is completely non-viable as a scientific theory, but the challenges continue – and many of the arguments advanced by the ID camp are appealing and quite difficult to refute.
Notes
The OSC analysis linked below seems a pretty reasonable treatment of a solution (Intelligent Design may be in agreement with his beliefs, but it is based on religion rather than science, and schools have no business teaching religion), but it remains to be seen whether it will be accepted by the vast majority of those supporting ID. (See the talk page for further discussion.)
Related Pages
- Creation: how things got here
- As a dispute over interpretation of available data, evolution vs. Intelligent Design is essentially the same argument as the ever-popular evolution vs. direct creation, and they both are basically criticisms of evolution with interventionist models of creation offered as much more sensible and reasonable explanations by comparison.
Links
- The Other Intelligent Design Theories by David Brin
- Intelligent Design: An Ambiguous Assault on Evolution at LiveScience
- 2006-12-15 Intelligent design: The God Lab by Celeste Biever