Evidence for the integrity of the Discovery Institute

The people most qualified to address Behe’s work, that is people who are experts in molecular evolution and evolutionary biochemistry, are the people who have the most damning criticisms of Behe’s work.

So whether that is representative of “scientists worldwide” is no more significant than whether it’s representative of airline pilots worldwide.

When one uses a term like “the scientific community” in an argument within a specific field, it is “the scientific community” within that field that matters. When it comes to the intersection of biochemistry and evolution, it is the views of evolutionary biologists and biochemists that matter. And one doesn’t really need to poll scientists in the field to determine whether someone’s ideas have been well-received.

The fact that Behe publishes one book or paper once in a blue moon, and that it is primarily cited in the apologetics and philosophy of religion rather than biology literature, is pretty much as damning an indictment of his work as one can get in science.

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