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"certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.
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version of the theological argument from design for the existence of God
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leading proponents
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The leading proponents of this version of the argument are all associated with the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank based in the United States, and believe the designer to be the Christian deity.
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irreducible complexity
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The scientific community therefore considers intelligent design a pseudoscience
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ID proponents have sought to overturn the methodological naturalism inherent in modern science, proposing that it be replaced by "theistic realism" or "theistic science" in which ID presents a broadly theistic understanding of nature.[12]
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a single system which is composed of several well-matched interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning".[40]
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mousetrap
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Removal of any one piece destroys the function of the mousetrap
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natural selection could not create irreducibly complex systems, because the selectable function is present only when all parts are assembled
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bacterial flagellum of E. coli,
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Coyne responds that in light of the evidence, "either life resulted not from intelligent design, but from evolution; or the intelligent designer is a cosmic prankster who designed everything to make it look as though it had evolved"
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problem of poor design in nature
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"What designed the designer?"
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Invoking an unexplained being to explain the origin of other beings (ourselves) is little more than question-begging.
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For a theory to qualify as scientific,[n 21][106][n 22] it is expected to be:
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Consistent
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Useful
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Empirically testable
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Based on multiple observations (often in the form of controlled, repeated experiments)
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Typical objections to defining intelligent design as science are that it lacks consistency,[107] violates the principle of parsimony,[n 23] is not scientifically useful,[n 24] is not falsifiable,[n 25] is not empirically testable,[n 26] and is not correctable, dynamic, provisional or progressive.[n 27][n 28][n 29]
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Intelligent design proponents argue that naturalistic explanations fail to explain certain phenomena and that supernatural explanations provide a very simple and intuitive explanation for the origins of life and the universe
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There is a gap in scientific knowledge. The gap is filled with acts of God (or intelligent designer) and therefore proves the existence of God (or intelligent designer).[124]