Irreducible complexity and the scientific literature
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Introduction
This is a root page for linking to pages referencing and summarizing literature on the evolution of so-called "irreducibly complex" systems, essentially systems with multiple required components. Also appropriate are:
- Discussions of the process of searching the literature
- What "hits" in databases do and do not mean
- What is an evolutionary model, and what makes a model "good" or "bad," and what should be considered "detailed" and "detailed enough"?
- A summary of the literature on various popular multiple-parts-required systems
See also
IC -- Irreducible complexity -- flagella -- journals
Systems
- Flagella -- Evolution of flagella
- Orchid flowers
- Nitrogen fixation
- Photosynthesis
- Blood clotting
- Immune system
- Vision cascade
- ATP synthetase
- Eye evolution
- Mammalian earbones
- Trap evolution
- Mousetrap
- Krebs cycle
- Toxin degradation pathways
- Honeybees
- Multi-instruction mathematical functions
External links
- Talkdesign.org and at TalkOrigins.org, Irreducible Complexity and Michael Behe -- many excellent articles ranging from introductory to advanced reviews
- John Catalano's "Alive and Published" page in Behe's Empty Box at World of Dawkins -- many good articles listed, but also some "false hits" that are not about the origin of systems with multiple-required parts or are otherwise criticizable, a fact which Behe was able to exploit in his "Response to Critics", below. Also, the site has not been updated in several years and the PubMed link URLs are obsolete as of December 15, 2003, and may not work much longer.
- Behe, Michael (2000). Irreducible Complexity and the Evolutionary Literature: Response to Critics. July 31, 2000. -- Behe responds to the "first generation" critiques of Darwin's Black Box
