Darwin Devolves
The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller Darwin’s Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin’s theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin’s mechanism works, weakening the theory’s validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution—damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest biological levels. This is important, he makes clear, because it shows the Darwinian process cannot explain the creation of life itself. “A process that so easily tears down sophisticated machinery is not one which will build complex, functional systems,” he writes. In addition to disputing the methodology of Darwinism and how it conflicts with the concept of creation, Behe reveals that what makes Intelligent Design unique—and right—is that it acknowledges causation. Evolution proposes that organisms living today are descended with modification from organisms that lived in the distant past. But Intelligent Design goes a step further asking, what caused such astounding changes to take place? What is the reason or mechanism for evolution? For Behe, this is what makes Intelligent Design so important.
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Interesting discussion of the problems in Darwinian evolution and well worth consideration. Especially more consideration than most in the sciences give these ideas.
If you, like me, have been steeped in the education of science and various scientific fields (I have a B.S. in Biology, minor in Chemistry and MD in medicine), you cannot escape the indoctrination into Darwinian Evolution. What you will find, though, if you dig a little deeper, is that the gatekeepers of the various scientific fields will “cancel” any person who verbalizes any challenge to strict Darwinian Evolution as the answer to all the questions related to “where did life come from.” Whether you end up believing D.E. or not, this book is a good look at the problems with evolution as it is currently understood. Problems that are not explained or well explained from a scientific viewing (science being the process of skeptical inquiry in order to ultimately discover truth).
The book is rather detailed and covers many different angles of these problems. Look through the chapter index for that info.
Here, I will just say this: if you consider yourself scientifically minded, one should always be HIGHLY skeptical of any information or ideology wherein the people holding power squelch all discussion or consideration without directly refuting the hypotheses presented. This doesn't just pertain to this book. You will find this same thing happening throughout the world we live in. Almost always when you see this occur, the people with power are discarding good ideas for other ideas that allow them to control a narrative, power, financial opportunity, or a combination of these.
