Marcus Mattsson

It’s kind of weird, that I haven’t written about evolution or intelligent design in here before, because it’s two fields that interest me a lot. Anyway, I found this great excerpt, which quickly and precisely explains why intelligent design is not science.

Intelligent design is an assumption with no scientific basis whatsoever. For any assumption to be considered a hypothesis, there must be evidence. There is no evidence for intelligent design.

For a hypothesis to gain credibility, it must be testable. Intelligent design is not testable.

For a hypothesis to become a theory, the testing must be repeatable with the same results each time and open to every scientist on Earth for meticulous scrutiny.

Without passing the first hurdle, intelligent design fails to be considered anything more than a nice story.

Intelligent design is a concept that has emerged only in the past few years. There has been no testing, no peer review, no evidence, and no use of the scientific method.

It simply is not science.

While creationism may be an interesting subject in a theology class, it is best to focus on science in a science class.

Source.

That is all.