Marcos Eberlin and Jonathan Wells on Life’s Problem-Solving Engineering
On our latest visit into the ID The Future archive, we stumbled on this little gem: a 2019 conversation between ID pioneer and biologist Dr. Jonathan Wells and distinguished Brazilian chemist Marcos Eberlin. The occasion for the chat was the publication of Dr. Eberlin’s book Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose. A member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Eberlin is a world leader in the field of mass spectrometry. His book was endorsed by three Nobel laureates.
In this first of two conversations, Eberlin speaks to the scientist’s duty to follow the evidence where it leads, and explains how the incredible problem-solving engineering involved in just one structure, the cell membrane, may lead one to the conclusion that a mind planned it in advance.
It’s nice to hear Dr. Wells’s voice again. We lost our good friend and colleague in 2024 at the age of 82. In case you missed our series of interviews remembering Wells, find the links below.
This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Look for Part 2 in a separate episode.
Dig Deeper
- Learn how the chemistry of life reveals purpose and plannning in Marcos Eberlin’s book Foresight.
- Get to know Dr. Jonathan Wells’s impact on the intelligent design movement through these recent remembrances: