# Is ID science? Redux

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-id-science-redux/9063>\
**Category:** Side Conversation\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-id-science-redux/9063 "2019-12-17T16:22:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-id-science-redux/9063/245 "2019-12-22T17:48:43Z")

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> [@colewd](#):
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> The scientific method does not require a model.

> [@Is Evolutionary Biology a "Soft" Science?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-evolutionary-biology-a-soft-science/7482/136):
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> The first step in establishing a mechanism is to model it.

> [@Q&A with Michael Behe: What’s Wrong with Theistic Evolution?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/q-a-with-michael-behe-what-s-wrong-with-theistic-evolution/8604/79):
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> You claim a mechanism or mechanistic explanation yet you cannot show with a model its feasibility. Even string theory has a model.

> [@Difference Between Beneficial and Innovative Mutations](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/difference-between-beneficial-and-innovative-mutations/6464/3):
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> Model it.

> [@Behe's Ratchet](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/behes-ratchet/5588/161):
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> Try and model it.

Etc. etc.

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