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Those interested in science, biology, creationism and intelligent design may remember a small but significant detail from the Dover trial and its aftermath. It became clear at one point that there was an experiment that could be done within a relatively short time frame to check Michael Behe\u2019s claim that structures like the bacterial flagellum are irreducibly complex and could not be produced by evolutionary processes.<\/p>\n

Well, it looks like someone did the experiment. Visit the blog A Simple Prop<\/a> to find out the result.<\/p>\n

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