What is Intelligent Design (counter argument):
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What is the concept of “intelligent design?”
Intelligent design purports to be a scientific hypothesis that “life owes its origins to a master intellect” – an intelligent, supernatural designer. In reality, it is an inherently religious argument made in opposition to the scientific theory of evolution. It is a variant of so-called “creation science,” which maintains that species originated through abrupt appearance in complex form. Like creation science, the concept of intelligent design was advanced to provide support for the religious view known as creationism, that man and other species were specially created by God and did not evolve from lower life forms.
Is intelligent design a credible scientific theory?
No. There has been no original research published in scientific journals providing evidence for intelligent design, nor does intelligent design provide testable explanations. The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Sciences have both described intelligent design as scientifically unwarranted.
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