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Brought up Nov 16, 2009

- Some in-depth technical discussions make portions of this book a little challenging, but overall, it is brought down to a layman's level and Michael Behe makes some humorous analogies to make things interesting. This is a must read for anyone having an open-minded attitude towards discovering the truth about Darwinian evolution.

Many attempts have been made to refute arguments presented in Darwin's Black Box, yet his research into irreducibly complex systems in Biochmestry stands firm as proof that certain molecular "machines" could not have developed in a step wise gradual fashion according to Darwin's theory.

"By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. An irreducibly complex system cannot be produced directly (that is, by continuously improving the initial function, which continues to work by the same mechanism) by slight, successive modifications of a precursor system, because any precursor to an irreducibly complex system that is missing a part is by definition nonfunctional. An irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would be a powerful challenge to Darwinian evolution. (Darwin's Black Box p. 39)"

This book was one of the leading scientific works that drove a wedge into evolutionary thought by examining a complex miniaturized world that Charles Darwin knew nothing about, yet assumed was very simplistic. In in the Origin of Species, Darwin said that "if it could be shown that any system or organ could not be produced by many small steps, continuously improving the system at each step, then his system would absolutely fall apart." This is exactly what Behe has shown.

Behe recently was interviewed by John McWhorter on bloggingheads.tv and the interview was dropped just before it aired, which is interesting since McWhorter, though he hadn't renounced his darwinists beliefs, said he was a fan of Behe's and the interview wasn't promoting either side of the argument. http://behe.uncommondescent.com/2009/08/bloggingheads-tv-and-me/

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