Behe: The Edge of Evolution, Interview



Dr. Michael Behe is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University and a prominent fellow of the Discovery Institute. He is a high-profile advocate of Intelligent Design, and his work is mentioned in the Discovery Institute's wedge document.

His second book, The Edge of Evolution (2007), formulates an idea of the intelligent designer as the "great mutator," driving the mutations which drive evolution.

How does intelligent design differ from creationism? What do you say to critics who charge that it is merely “creationism in disguise”?
===Do you see intelligent design as a concept that provides a resolution to the creation vs. evolution debate? Is there ever a point where science and religion might meet in some form of compromise – and does intelligent design help to provide that answer?===

===In Edge of Evolution you indicate that some of the evidence supporting common ancestry is pretty persuasive. Yet a number of scientists have questioned some of the evidence for common ancestry. Do you think it is beyond the pale for them to do so? In your mind is it scientific to question common ancestry?===

One criticism of ID has been that it makes no predictions, and thus is unscientific. Does The Edge of Evolution address this?
===Are there lessons we can learn from the study of malaria and HIV to help us, as a species, protect ourselves from viral and parasitical threats? How might other fields, such as medicine, be affected by intelligent design?===