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.

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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)

Origin

Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

biochemist / university teacher / writer / chemist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

High school

Bishop McDevitt High School

University

University of Pennsylvania

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Behe
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368363

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• biochemist
• university teacher
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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