Tag: Irreducible Complexity
Lesson from a Carnivorous Plant
The aquatic bladderwort lacks the charm of a rose, a lily, cherry blossoms, or many other plants you can think of, but it has something else to recommend it.
With a Hopeful Message About Life’s “X Factor,” Episode 5 of Secrets of the Cell Is Well Timed
Michael Behe is a biochemist, leading proponent of intelligent design, and a wise guide to understanding the wonders of life with its mysterious “purposeful arrangement of parts.”
Aquatic Bladderworts — Michael Behe’s “Irreducibly Complex” Mousetrap in Nature
Behe offered the mousetrap as an example of a simple everyday device that is “irreducibly complex.”
The Evolution of the Eye, Demystified
Michael Behe in 2006 and Jonathan Wells in 2017 wrote about the irreducible complexity of the light-sensing cascade that makes vision possible.
Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper
Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of my book Darwin’s Black Box.