Well, intelligent design - these days - is linked to the ultra-religious. But if we ignore that for a minute and bring in one of the best books of modern age - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - then Intelligent Design IS a viable option. After all, aren’t we quite arrogant in assuming that what we think to know know is the final truth? Maybe mice really ARE the most intelligent creatures of the planet and maybe Earth II WAS built by designers from Vogon. That consensus these days says something different does not make it true by definition….