Title: Politics and science don't mix
Product review: Behe has chosen a strange way to promote a scientific theory: appealing to public. This book (as apparently shown by the high rating it gets) indeed has high political appeal to certain circles of believers whose favorite scapegoat is evolution. But in the field of science it is a whopping failure, since most of his arguments have been readily demonstrated to be, so to speak, shortsighted. Many of the biochemical chains he claims to be "irreducibly complex" have been shown to be quite reducible; even his pet mousetrap analogy has been debunked - by demonstrating a mousetrap reduced to a single spring. Add his dishonest treatment of quotations - and it robs Behe of most credit.Of course, I guess the supporters would still believe in this book no matter what. However, if you want another look at the issue, ... .
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