I think the future impact, if any, of ID will depend on what direction the
movement takes. If it is primarily pursued *as science* (like Michael
Behe's work seems to be for the most part), then it has some chance of
having an impact on the broader scientific world. But if it is primarily
pursued as gap-based apologetics (as exemplified by Phil Johnson), the
broader scientific world will continue to dismiss it as just another
"creationist" effort, not quite so silly as YEC, by those whose concept of
God requires them to find "fingerprints" in nature in order to maintain
their theism.
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