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I have written a book entitled, The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues. Writing in the journal Science in 1977, Nobel Laureate Francois Jacob once offered some truly profound words that have been the inspiration of this book:

"To produce a valuable observation, one has first to have an idea of what to observe, a preconception of what is possible. Scientific advances often come from uncovering a hitherto unseen aspect of things as a result, not so much of using new instruments, but rather of looking at objects from a different angle. This look is necessarily guided by a certain idea of what this so-called reality might be. It always involves a certain conception about the unknown, that is, about what lies beyond that which one has logical or experimental reasons to believe."

The book is not premised on a single argument, but instead represents a perspective that seeks to investigate, employing multiple arguments. It is my opinion that the only true fulcrum of this debate is the dual perspectives of teleology and nonteleology. There are certain data that cause *me* to suspect the original life forms were designed. But because I am an evolutionist, I think we must acknowledge the existence of a designer-mimic. My book thus explores how we might think about, and explore, biotic reality where both intelligent design and evolution are in play. However, the book is not written to convince hardcore skeptics and/or fuel anyone's culture wars. It will appeal mostly to those share in the suspicion that life was designed (or the middle ground that tires of the polarization). "It is the question that drives us, Neo."

You can watch the trailer for the book here:

http://www.thedesignmatrix.com/