What evidence exists for the intelligent design theory (creationism)?
I do not see why intelligent design and evolution can not go hand in hand. A way that one might argue against the fact that evolution is the only reason is by bringing up the fact that it is hard to imagine that life is on earth due to chance. After all, think of the complex nature of our cells. Is it reasonable to think that the first cells (that started life on earth) just happened to form out of nowhere? Although it has been proven that amino acids can arrange under the right circumstances, it has never been proven that a cell could arrange all by itself, begging the question that if a cell can’t for on its own, how did the first ones come about. Also consider the very nature of humans. Would you say that all you are is matter? Just like a rock? It seems to me that there is something that distinguishes a living thing from a nonliving thing. Think about it, we are composed of carbon, h20, etc, but we have the capacity for compassion and self reflection. What it comes down to is, if y
1900>The Planck constant (denoted h) is a physical constant that is used to describe the sizes of quanta. It plays a central role in the theory of quantum mechanics. 1905-1915>The Copenhagen interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics, usually understood to state that every particle is described by its wavefunction, which dictates the probability for it to be found in any location following a measurement. Each measurement causes a change in the state of the particle, known as wavefunction collapse. 1925-1930>The Uncertainty Principle is now understood not so much as a consequence of trade-offs inherent in the measurement process, but rather as a property of quantum states, corresponding to the statistical properties of measurement in quantum mechanics. 1935>In quantum mechanics, the EPR paradox is a thought experiment which challenged long-held ideas about the relation between the observed values of physical quantities and the values that can be accounted for by a physical
Lies that even most of the religious community feel embarrassed by. I’ve spoken with several Christian scientists who are absolutely ashamed of the ‘Creation museum’ in Kentucky. The debate of evolution vs creationism ended some time ago. Anything they parrot as evidence has been proven wrong from multiple angles yet they have no problem with outright lying to further their cause.
Here is the biggest problem with Intelligent Design: it can’t be falsified. You see something that looks well designed and you say it supports your argument. You see something that doesn’t seem to make sense (like the useless Plantaris muscle in humans, for example) and you say “Well, God must have wanted it that way for some reason, we just don’t know what it is”. That means your theory can NEVER be wrong, and that’s just not scientific.
The main piece of evidence they use is the existence of irreducibly complex biological systems, such as eyes or flagellar motors. However, this is has been fairly disputed in court since there are indeed examples of reduced complexity for all their examples. In the case of the Dover, Pennsylvania school board trial, ID was found not to be a science, thus there is no scientific evidence, per se for it. In that case, ID was found to be synonymous with creationism. Below is a Nova special from PBS that you can watch online (in segments) all about this trial and the specifics of each side’s case, as well as the ruling, supplemental info, and more.
