It turns out that legions of critics of the explanatory filter use it all the time, without noticing:
William Dembski created quite a stir in the world of information theory with his book The Design Inference. For the first time outlining a rigorous method for identifying design, which he called the explanatory filter. Since then many critics have claimed that Dembski’s proposed filter is without merit due to the lack of application in the couple of decades since its invention. But, are the critics right, or are they wrong—wrong in the way that a fish doesn’t recognize water because water is the very atmosphere of the fish’s existence?…
It turns out, Dembski’s filter is the bedrock of our modern information technology. The ability to eliminate random chance and then infer an independent pattern is the fundamental principle behind communication, cryptography, and authentication.
Eric Holloway, “Is William Dembski’s Explanatory Filter the most widely used theory ever?” at Mind Matters News
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