intelligent design
The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole,…The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.
» Intelligent design means to keep things simple.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.
Intelligent Design
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Examples
2 sentencesIntelligent design means to keep things simple.
If intelligent design is true, why can't we regenerate our teeth?
Translations
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Origin
Became a standard and widely promoted term in the 1987 draft of Of Pandas and People by PeBecame a standard and widely promoted term in the 1987 draft of Of Pandas and People by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon, as a repackaging of creationism after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against its teaching in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).
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