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From Wikipedia:

Michael J. Behe
(born
January 18
,
1952
, in
Altoona, Pennsylvania
) is an
American
biochemist
and
intelligent design
advocate. Behe is professor of biochemistry at
Lehigh University
in
Pennsylvania
and a senior fellow of the
Discovery Institute
's
Center for Science and Culture
. He advocates the idea that some structures are too complex at the biochemical level to be adequately explained as a result of
evolutionary
mechanisms. He has termed this concept "
irreducible complexity
".

 

Behe's claims about the irreducible complexity of key cellular structures are strongly contested by the
scientific community
. The Department of Biological Sciences, at Lehigh University, published an official position statement which says "It is our collective position that intelligent design has no basis in science, has not been tested experimentally, and should not be regarded as scientific."
[1]
His comments about intelligent design have been characterized as
pseudoscience
.
[2]
[3]
[4]

 

(
IPA
: [kol'bɛɹ rɪˈpɔr]) is an
American
satirical
television program
on
Comedy Central
that stars comedian
Stephen Colbert
, previously a
correspondent
for
The Daily Show
.
The Colbert Report
is a
spin-off
and
counterpart
of
The Daily Show
which, like
The Daily Show
, critiques politics and the media. It
parodies
personality-driven
political pundit
programs, particularly
Fox News
'
The O'Reilly Factor
.
[1]
[2]
The show focuses on
Stephen Colbert
, a semi-fictional anchorman character, played by the actor and comedian
Stephen Colbert
. The character, a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-
status
idiot
", is a caricature of televised
political pundits
.
[3]
[4]

 

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