A couple of months ago I quoted from Lesli Orgel’s 1973 book on the origins of life.  L. E. Orgel, The Origins of Life: Molecules and Natural Selection (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York, 1973).  I argued that on page 189 of that book Orgel used the term “specified complexity” in a way almost indistinguishable from the way Bill Dembski has used the term in his work.  Many of my Darwinian interlocutors demurred.  They argued the quotation was taken out of context and that Orgel meant something completely different from Dembski.  I decided to order the book and find out who was right.  Below, I have reproduced the entire section in which the original quotation appeared.  I will … Continue reading Orgel and Dembski Redux