>I still see some common confusions with what ID is and is not. Myth #
>1 is not that ID is not science but rather that its foundation in
>ignorance prevents it from making scientifically relevant
>contributions.
ID / IC is a model, just like Darwinism is a model.
Both are the same type of science.
>The claim that science need to limit itself to naturalistic mechanisms
>conflates the meaning of the term 'intelligence' when in fact
>intelligence can be seen as a naturalistic mechanism.
The "intelligence" of ID is an active agency. Naturalism does not allow for that.
>The closest ID comes to a scientific claim is stating that 'x' cannot
>yet be explained by science. The rest is based on poor logic at best.
No. ID acts as a falsifier for Darwinism and some claims of evolutionary biology.
For those who claim to depend upon some form of empiricism a falsifier should be welcome.
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