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Based on an analysis of the origins and characteristics of Intelligent Design (ID), this essay discusses the related issues of probability and irreducible complexity. From the viewpoint of complex systems theory, I suggest that Intelligent Design is not, as certain advocates claim, the only reasonable approach for dealing with the current difficulties of evolutionary biology.
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Translated by FU Zheng from Ziran Bianzhengfa Yanjiu 自然辩证法研究 (Studies in Dialectics of Nature), 2009, (3): 24–28
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Dong, C. Intelligent Design from the viewpoint of complex systems theory. Front. Philos. China 5, 461–470 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-010-0109-z
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