Michael Behe Professions : Biochemist Born : January 18, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 49 quotes by Michael Behe It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. Michael Behe smack conclusion said The trap does not work until all the parts were there. The system itself doesn't work until you fit all of them together. Michael Behe fit together It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection. Michael Behe principles people world Many people, including many important and well-respected scientists, just don't want there to be anything beyond nature. They don't want a supernatural being to affect nature. Michael Behe supernatural-beings important people But sequence comparisons simply can't account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin's comparison of simple and complex eyes told him how vision worked. Michael Behe eyes vision development simple By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. Michael Behe complex function single mean The point here is that physics followed the data where it seemed to lead, even though some thought the model gave aid and comfort to religion. Michael Behe thought data physics religion The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time. Michael Behe light eye happens time This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe. Michael Behe beginning time people past Similar Authors Bruce Alberts biochemist Bernard Brodie biochemist Duane Gish biochemist Dorothy Hodgkin biochemist David Eisenberg biochemist Casimir Funk biochemist All Authors