Michael Behe's Censored then Uncensored Interview on Intelligent Design with John Mcworter on Bloggingheads.tv
I enjoy drawing attention to debates and conversations that matter. Here is one. Behe's cordial interview about his book, the edge of evolution, was taken down 6 hours after it was posted. But then Robert Wright reinstated the post (good for him!). This is a thoughtful 45 minute interview.
What is the harm in that? Could it be that dissent from the standard Darwinian story is simply not allowed? period? I watched the interview. Behe does not say "God did it." What he says is, all the evidence we possess about random selection and random variation does not show how irreducibly complex systems could have evolved. It is an empirical argument; not a god of the gaps argument from Behe's point of view. I say, let the conversation continue and the best ideas win!
For more on this controversy, see this post at Evolution News
For more on this issue, see: The Edge of Evolution or Signature in the Cell
What is the harm in that? Could it be that dissent from the standard Darwinian story is simply not allowed? period? I watched the interview. Behe does not say "God did it." What he says is, all the evidence we possess about random selection and random variation does not show how irreducibly complex systems could have evolved. It is an empirical argument; not a god of the gaps argument from Behe's point of view. I say, let the conversation continue and the best ideas win!
For more on this controversy, see this post at Evolution News
For more on this issue, see: The Edge of Evolution or Signature in the Cell
Labels: Darwinian Evolution, Existence of God, Faith, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Religion, Science
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