At the "Sources of Information Content in DNA" conference in 1988, he said that his intelligent cause view was compatible with both metaphysical naturalism and supernaturalism.
Na conferencia "Sources of Information Content in DNA", de 1988, el di que a súa visión dunha causa intelixente era compatíbel tanto co naturalismo metafísico como co supernaturalismo e o termo deseño intelixente xurdiu.