Author: Winston Ewert
Specified Complexity — Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
In a series of posts, I plan to address objections from geneticist Joe Felsenstein and computer scientist Tom English.
These Critics of Intelligent Design Agree with Us More Than They Seem to Realize
Conservation of information shows that either design or the original configuration of the universe must account for the complexity of life.
No, Avida Has Not Falsified Irreducible Complexity
Many critics have insisted that evolution can produce irreducibly complex structures, pointing notably to the example of Avida, a computer model demonstrated in a 2003 Nature paper.
Elephants Sold Separately: Understanding the Design Inference
The design inference essentially seeks to prove a conditional: that if the development of life is highly improbable under any Darwinian scenario, then we are justified in inferring design.
Pink EleP(T|H)ants on Parade: Understanding, and Misunderstanding, the Design Inference
As developed by William Dembski, the design inference argues from the specified complexity in individual chance hypotheses to design.