# Can the "intelligent design" theory be falsified?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 13, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-intelligent-design-theory-be-falsified/316906 "2005-08-13T22:54:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-intelligent-design-theory-be-falsified/316906/81 "2005-08-25T07:14:18Z")

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The intelligent design theory seems unprovable- a virtual endless Matryoshka nested doll. However, I believe that evolution’s mechanics and true hard science may be pioneered within the fledgling but promising promising field of morphogenesis (pun intended).

It may offer quantitative evidence that intelligent design could never deign.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-intelligent-design-theory-be-falsified/316906/82 "2005-08-25T07:56:42Z")

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If ID was anything like a worthwhile scientific hypothesis, it would not be necessary to resort to political strong-arm tactics (among other nonscientific methods) to try to force it into the classroom.

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