...In relation to such large-scale structures as bodily organs, Darwin himself had acknowledged that ' if it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...successive, slight modifications, my theory would break down'.11 Behe believes that he has demonstrated just such cases at the small-scale level of biochemistry...

...diversity. M 5.8 The Logic of Invariants In the Origin ofSpcdcs Darwin issued the following challenge: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But 1 can find out no such case."64 Darwin's challenge is an invitation to falsify his theory rather than...

...act on" (1996, 39). The significance of such problems was pointed out by Darwin himself, who said: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down" (1958, 171). The implication of these conceptual problems, combined with the fossil record, is that...

...Interestingly, Darwin himself grasped the problem and even admitted that it could falsify his theory. "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modificanons," he wrote, "my theory would absolutely break down."11 Today we can confidently say that...

...complexity of molecular life? It turns out that Darwin himself set a standard. He acknowledged that: If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. 2 But what type of biological system could not be formed by "numerous, successive, slight modifications"?...

...of Species, S. 67 - 69, S. 74 - 76, S. 79, S. 83, S. 88 fu S. 102; Zitat: S. 67; s. weiterhin S. 154 („If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."). Darwin insistiert auf der zentralen Bedeutung dieser Annahme, weil erst sie es erlaubt, die manifeste...

...should and to guide them in their efforts to think. 128 PAGES WITH 137 PICTURES IN COLOUR Darwin said: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." When you read this book, you will see that Darwin's theory has absolutely broken down, just as he feared...

...explanatory power of Darwinism as a whole. In this connection he appositely quotes Darwin himself: If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. (The Origin of Species, sixth edition, p. 154; quoted in Behe 1998: 39) Behe thinks that on a small...

...filled with either air or fluid. The avian lung brings us very close to answering Darwin's challenge: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."12 The avian lung is more efficient than the mammalian because of a special countercurrent mechanism...

...some gradations having been transmitted from the earlier stages of descent, in an unaltered or little altered condition. Amongst existing Vertebrata, we...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But 1 can find out no such case. No doubt many organs exist of which we do not know the transitional grades,...