I'm not concerned about the last two centuries.
I'm concerned with what ID is doing now. What conclusions have they come to that are furthering science?
What I'm hearing from you is that they haven't come to any conclusions from the different possibilities.
So how can ID further science if it isn't narrowing down the possibilities?
So far I don't see the benefit of ID to the average person.
From what you said so far, I couldn't explain to anyone else how ID supposedly works or how it will benefit man in day to day living.