Michael Behe

Behe fascinates me less for his science than for his stubbornness. A genuinely credentialed biochemist from Altoona with a University of Pennsylvania pedigree, he chose to plant his flag on intelligent design, a position the scientific mainstream firmly rejects. I don't buy the argument, and I think the consensus against it is well earned. Yet there's something I find oddly compelling about a man who spends a career inviting fire rather than coasting on the safe majority view. Figures who provoke sustained debate, even wrongheaded ones, tend to leave a mark. He certainly forced people to articulate why he was wrong.

Michael Joseph Behe ( BEE-hee; born January 18, 1952) is an American biochemist and an advocate of the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design (ID). Behe serves as professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and as a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.

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Name (English)

Michael Behe

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ベーエ

Reading

まいける・べーえ

Born

January 18, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States

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Private

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Occupation

biochemist / university teacher / writer / chemist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Bishop McDevitt High School

University

University of Pennsylvania

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

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Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• biochemist
• university teacher
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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