Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted.
Michael Behe
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More quotes by Michael Behe
- A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.
- We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box.
- The point here is that physics followed the data where it seemed to lead, even though some thought the model gave aid and comfort to religion.
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- It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.