  michael j. behe ( ; born january 18, 1952) is an american biochemist, author, and intelligent design (id) advocate. he currently serves as professor of biochemistry at lehigh university in pennsylvania and as a senior fellow of the discovery institute's center for science and culture. behe is best known for his argument for irreducible complexity (ic), which argues that some biochemical structures are too complex to be adequately explained by known evolutionary mechanisms and are therefore more probably the result of intelligent design. behe has testified in several court cases related to intelligent design, including the court case kitzmiller v. dover area school district that resulted in a ruling that intelligent design was religious in nature.s:kitzmiller v. dover area school district/6:curriculum, conclusion behe's claims about the irreducible complexity of essential cellular structures have been rejected by the vast majority of the scientific community, *{{cite news |last=case |first=steve |date=august 27, 1999 |title=why evolution must not be ignored |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/zforum/99/nat082799.htm |newspaper=[[th
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