To depict proponents of the theory of intelligent design as committing the GOTG fallacy, critics must misrepresent the case for it. For example, as Michael Shermer claims, “Intelligent design . . . argues that life is too specifically complex (complex structures like DNA) . . . to have evolved by natural forces. Therefore, life must have been created by . . . an intelligent designer.”14 In short, he claims that proponents of intelligent design argue as follows: Premise: Material causes cannot produce or explain specified information. Conclusion: Therefore, an intelligent cause produced the
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