Re: 1. Mike Behe's letter to SCIENCE, 2. Provine & Gish's letters, 3. Less of my posts!

From: Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 17 2000 - 12:50:27 EDT

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    At 09:38 AM 07/17/2000 -0700, billwald@juno.com wrote:
    > >Mike says that ID is detectable by irreducible complexity.
    >
    >That's only another way of saying, "Don't know how it happened."

    That could be a good response. But, unfortunately, it responds to an issue
    that is different from the one you raised. You claimed that Mike provided
    no way to detect ID, I responded that he did. Your reply above is a non
    sequitur that changed the topic.

    >By the way, do you see any evidence of intelligent design in Mark Toby's
    >paintings? If so, what is it? Do they have irreducible complexity? <G>

    I don't believe that anyone in the ID movement claims that design can
    always be detected. For instance, do Toby's paintings fit the criterion of
    irreducible complexity?

    I disapprove of ID masquerading as science, but I also can't condone
    baseless criticism of it.

    cheers,

    Steven S. Clark, Ph.D.
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