The Edge of Evolution (book) - disproved?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:53 am
Although I've been aware of Intelligent Design and Creation Science for sometime, it's still fairly new territory for me, but have recently been delving a little deeper and indeed finding it a fascinating area of debate - more specifically Michael Behe's Irreducible Complexity theory and the many new fossil finds relating to the Cambrian Explosion (Paul Chien & co.).
So I'm looking to get my hands on a couple books right now, namely Darwin's Black Box and The Edge of Evolution, both by Behe.
So my question is: Have these books been proven to be false or bad science? I have friends who are neo-Darwinists and so we have these debates occasionally..
Some of the evolutionists I have spoken to claim the books have indeed been proven to be false in areas. Are they right or should I still give The Edge of Evolution a read.
And what about Darwin's Black Box, is Irreducible Complexity not so irreducibly complex after all? I've read (some of) William Dembski's Still Spinning Just Fine in response to Ken Miller's The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of 'Irreducible Complexity', but heard that additional arguments against Irreducible Complexity have since been put forward.
Has Behe's himself followed up on this as I can't find anything other than Demski's article..
I'm by no means an expert in biology or any of the other fields but have recently taken a keen interest in the ID and creation science movments.
Stu
So I'm looking to get my hands on a couple books right now, namely Darwin's Black Box and The Edge of Evolution, both by Behe.
So my question is: Have these books been proven to be false or bad science? I have friends who are neo-Darwinists and so we have these debates occasionally..
Some of the evolutionists I have spoken to claim the books have indeed been proven to be false in areas. Are they right or should I still give The Edge of Evolution a read.
And what about Darwin's Black Box, is Irreducible Complexity not so irreducibly complex after all? I've read (some of) William Dembski's Still Spinning Just Fine in response to Ken Miller's The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of 'Irreducible Complexity', but heard that additional arguments against Irreducible Complexity have since been put forward.
Has Behe's himself followed up on this as I can't find anything other than Demski's article..
I'm by no means an expert in biology or any of the other fields but have recently taken a keen interest in the ID and creation science movments.
Stu