Bacteria With Machine Guns? Bacteria That Make Computer Chips?
Yesterday in this space, I presented a proposition that information, the prerequisite of all life, must be the result of conscious choice and will, which means it cannot be the product of random chance.
In the following video, the Discover Institute’s Michael Behe, author of the increasingly influential “Darwin’s Black Box,” explores the incredible complexity of bacteria, including those found in nature and those in our bodies. 
Advances in microscopic and nanotechnology in recent years have opened the door to an incredible wealth of discoveries about the complexity of even the seemingly simplest of cells. And scientists are beginning to see possibilities at the nano level that only a few short years ago were deemed impossible.
Yes, Behe talks about a bacteria that comes with a sophisticated machine gun and he talks about how researchers are seeking a way to train certain bacteria to participate in the production of super advanced computer chips. And much, much more. Trust me, this is one of the most intriguing and fascinating 17 minutes you will spend in 2022!
“There are no peer reviewed articles by anyone advocating for intelligent design supported by pertinent experiments or calculations which provide detailed rigorous accounts of how intelligent design of any biological system occurred.”
Michael Behe’s sworn testimony in Kitzmiller V. Dover
In 2005, a relevant datapoint you neglected to include.
Okay, so please don’t leave us hanging… How many independently peer reviewed articles by anyone advocating for intelligent design – supported by pertinent experiments or calculations which provide detailed rigorous accounts of how intelligent design of any biological system occurred – have been published in, say, the last 12 months?
Oh no, Curious, the guy who put forth the suggestion has the first obligation to provide evidence to back it up. Joseph?
Aside from a lack of scientific justification, is there any philosophical justification for proposing ID?
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/aquinas-vs-intelligent-design
Reasonable inference from the available evidence.
So if we get radio signals from another star with instructions on how to build a complex functional machine, we should dismiss it? After all, we don’t have a rigorous account on how that was designed in the first place, or who did so.
Laughable.