Counter arguments:


 

General:

 
1.  Behe is lazy, Behe is religiously motivated, Behe is afraid of or otherwise against science

2.  The systems are not really IC

3.  The systems are IC but became that way through co-optation

4.  The systems are IC but became that way through a complex history which has since been subtracted away (like the arch)


 
 
 
 
 
 
Specific examples:
 
1.  The blood clotting cascade   (Russell Doolittle)
 Article by Russell Doolittle in Boston Review
cites:  "Loss of fibrinogen rescues mice from the pleiotropic effects of plasminogen deficiency", Bugge et al. Genes and Development 9, 794-807.
discussion by Ken Miller in "Darwin's Black Box"

Neil Greenspan's article in The Scientist

Michael Ruse's article in Free Inquiry

Behe's response to Doolittle

Behe's response to Ruse on this example

Behe's interactions with editors of scientific journals related to this example

Ken Miller's views

 
 

2.  Cilia - Eel sperm flagellum

Ken Miller - audio from Concordia conference

cites:  J. Cell. Science 1997. 110, 85-94
 
 
 

3.  Eubacterial flagellum
Ken Miller - audio from Concordia conference

Scott Minnich - video lecture on Eubacterial flagellum and the Type III secretion system

 Ken Miller's view

 response by Dembski (and Behe)

Wall Street Journal article by Sharon Begley

response by Behe

 article by Minnich and Meyer from Design & Nature II conference
 
 

4.  Mousetrap and opportunism/coopting
Ken Miller - audio from Concordia conference and web paper
John MacDonald's diagrams and argument

Behe's defense of the mousetrap analogy

Miller's response to "A mousetrap defended"

Behe's response to Miller's response to Behe's response0

Wall Street Journal article by Sharon Begley

Behe's response to Wall Street Journal article
 
 
 

5.  Barry Hall's work on the LAC operon
Ken Miller's discussion in "Finding Darwin's God", M. Behe - audio from Concordia conference
Behe's response

Miller's response to Behe's response

Behe's response to Miller's response to Behe's response


 
6.  Critical review of Darwin's Black Box by H. Orr
Review by H. Allen Orr

Behe's response to Orr