ID the Future | Intelligent Design, Evolution, and Science Podcast

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 13, 2023

Categorized
Evolution

Tagged
animal behavior, bobbit worm, bobbit worms, bristle worms, cattle, circadian clock genes, circalunar clocks, conservation of function, Convergent evolution, cows, crown height, cryptochrome protein, equids, Evolution, Evolution News, Gordon D. Sanson, grass-eaters, horses, L-Cry, lion fish, lunar cycle, lunar oscillator, Nature Communications, P. dumerilii, palolo worm, PNAS, ruminants, Thomas Kuhn, tooth evolution, University of Wien, Valerio et al.}

Ruminants, Moon Watchers Bedevil Darwin

_{Andrew McDiarmid

February 13, 2023

Evolution}

On today’s ID the Future host Andrew McDiarmid brings listeners a couple of fascinating recent articles from Evolution News & Science Today by David Coppedge. The first is “Animals Tune Behavior by Lunar Cycle; but How?” The second article is “Darwin, We Have a Problem: Horse Teeth Are Not Less Evolved.” In the first, some ingenious molecular engineering crops up in widely divergent creatures, giving them some impressive abilities to read lunar cycles. The evolutionists’ go-to explanation is “convergent evolution,” an incantation that fails to explain how something like this could have evolved even once, much less multiple separate times. And in the second, a much-beloved story of ruminant tooth evolution gets a kick in the teeth from a series Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 10, 2023

Categorized
Academic Freedom

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__repeat, Academic Freedom, Ben Stein, Darwin Day, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, minority viewpoints, open debate, University of Vermont, US News and World Report}

On Darwin Day, Honor Darwin’s Call to Academic Freedom

_{Casey Luskin

February 10, 2023

Academic Freedom}

On this ID the Future from the vault, Casey Luskin presents his piece from U.S. News and World Report about a tension at the heart of that curious annual celebration, Darwin Day (February 12). Luskin describes how many contemporary evolutionists lionize Charles Darwin even while rejecting his call for academic freedom and intellectual openness in the debate over evolutionary theory. Luskin recounts an incident where Ben Stein, star of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, was himself “expelled” from the University of Vermont due to his contrarian views on modern Darwinism. Luskin’s original article can be read here.

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
February 8, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science}

From “Dover Beach” to Wokeness and Beyond

_{Stephen C. Meyer

February 8, 2023

Faith and Science}

On today’s ID the Future, host Peter Robison continues a lively conversation with Douglas Murray, author of The War on the West, Tom Holland, author of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World, and Stephen Meyer, author of Return of the God Hypothesis. Here in the concluding part of the interview, the four consider English Victorian poet Matthew Arnold’s elegiac depiction of the West bereft of religious faith. What does this retreating “sea of faith” mean in practical terms for Western culture, and what path, if any, is there to a renewal of Western culture? Can we embrace the Christian ethical framework without belief in God, miracles, and the afterlife? Meyer warns that attempting to borrow some form of Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
February 6, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
Adolf Hitler, Atheism, Bible, Big Bang, Biological Information, British Judaism, Christendom, Christian faith, civic value, fine tuning, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Washington, Holocaust, Judaism, Judeo-Christian morality, King Charles, Miracles, multiverse hypothesis, national morality, Naturalism, Nazis, Nazism, panspermia, philosophical materialism, religious wars, scientific atheism, the Fall, Third Reich, Thomas Jefferson, virtue, what would Jesus do, World War I}

Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer, Douglas Murray: God and the West

_{Stephen C. Meyer

February 6, 2023

Faith and Science}

On today’s ID the Future, Uncommon Knowledge host Peter Robinson talks with historian Tom Holland, journalist Douglas Murray, and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer about the decline of theistic faith in the West. Here in Part I of the conversation, the men consider possible causes for the decline of theistic faith. According to Meyer the decline has occurred in the face of increasing scientific evidence for the existence of God. So what gives? Tune in to hear their stimulating exploration of the question, and what each sees as the appropriate response. This material is used by permission of Peter Robinson and the Uncommon Knowledge podcast.

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Author
Michael Newton Keas

Date
February 3, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
__repeat, alien life, astronomy, Catholic church, Christianity, Cosmos 2014, divine freedom, extra-terrestrials, faith, Giordano Bruno, heresies, heretics, infinite universe, martyrdom, martyrs, Michael Newton Keas, Nei Degrasse Tyson, Nicholas of Cusa, Science, science and religion, Unbelievable: 7 Myths about the History and Future of Science and Religion, UnbelievableMyths.com}

Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, But Not for Science

_{Michael Newton Keas

February 3, 2023

Faith and Science}

On this ID the Future from the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with historian of science Michael Keas about Keas’ ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. In Chapter 4 of the work Keas explodes the myth that Giordano Bruno was a martyr for science, as science popularizers such as Neil DeGrasse Tyson make him out to be. Bruno was indeed burned at the stake in 1600 for disagreeing with the Church — which Keas heartily agrees was a bad move on the Church’s part. But Bruno was executed not for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets. Rather, he was burned for his religious Read More ›

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Author
James Tour

Date
February 1, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science, Life Sciences

Tagged
Academic Freedom, amino acids, carbohydrates, cell, cellular complexity, chemical evolution, DNA, Eric Metaxas, Harold Urey, homochirality, James Tour, life, lipids, membrane, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, origin-of-life mystery, philosophical materialism, prebiotic chemistry, protocells, protoplasm, research funding, RNA, self-reproduction, Stanley Miller, vesicles}

James Tour: The Goalposts are Racing Away from the Origin-of-Life Community

_{James Tour

February 1, 2023

Faith and Science, Life Sciences}

On today’s ID the Future distinguished nanoscientist James Tour explains to host Eric Metaxas why the origin-of-life community is further than ever from solving the mystery of life’s origin, and how the public has gotten the false impression that scientists can synthesize life in the lab. Tour explains that origin-of-life scientists aren’t even close to intelligently synthesizing life from non-life in the lab. The problem, Tour says, is that some leading origin-of-life researchers give the impression they are right on the cusp of solving the problem. Not so, Tour says. He offers the analogy of someone claiming, in the year 1500, that he has the know-how to build a ship to travel to the moon, when no one yet knows Read More ›

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Author
James Tour

Date
January 30, 2023

Categorized
Science

Tagged
amino acids, chemical evolution, early Earth, Eric Metaxas, Evolution, graphene, James Tour, molecular cars, nanotechnology, origin of life, paralyzed rats, philosophical materialism, prebiotic chemistry, Rice University, severed spinal cords, simply life, Socrates in the City, spinal cord injuries, synthetic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, unexamined life}

James Tour Talks Nanotech at Socrates in the City

_{James Tour

January 30, 2023

Science}

Today’s ID the Future features the first part of a conversation between James Tour and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas on Tour’s astonishing work in nanotechnology and on the topic “How Did Life Come into Being?” Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering at Rice University. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading nano-scientists. This event took place at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, and is presented here with permission of Eric Metaxas. Here in Part 1, Tour explains some of the inventions coming out of Tour’s Rice University lab, including molecular cars and astonishing graphene Read More ›

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Author
Michael Newton Keas

Date
January 27, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
__repeat, Atheism, Carl Sagan, Christendom, Christianity, Copernicus, Dark Ages, Dark Ages myth, ET, ET enlightenment myth, extraterrestrial life, Flat Earth, Galileo, Giordano Bruno, heliocentrism, history of science, Michael Keas, Michael Newton Keas, Middle Ages, myth, myths, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Science and faith, science and religion, Unbelievable, warfare thesis, worldview}

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

_{Michael Newton Keas

January 27, 2023

Faith and Science}

On this ID the Future from the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid talks with science historian Michael Keas about Keas’ revealing work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. “Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe, myths about science and Christianity supposedly at war with each other.” He also discusses a future-oriented ET myth that functions as a substitute for traditional religion. Listen in to learn more about Keas’ fascinating and informative book.

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 25, 2023

Categorized
Science

Tagged
Albert Einstein, Barry Marshall, Challenger disaster, consensus science, conservative behavior, consolidating science, Cornel University, courage, decline of science, Delta function, disruption, disruptive science, federal science funding, follow the science, Gregor Mendel, groundbreaking science, herd effect, history of science, incremental science, Intelligent Design, John Horgan, Michael Park, Paul Nelson, peptic ulcers, Peter Thiel, Richard Feynman, risk, risky behavior, Robert Crowther, scientific consensus, scientific creativity, scientific dogma, scientific progress, scientific specialization, scientific trailblazers, self-citation, The End of Science, The Paradox of Consensus, Thomas Gold, Watson and Crick}

Nature Paper: Groundbreaking Science on the Decline

_{Paul Nelson

January 25, 2023

Science}

On today’s ID the Future philosopher of science Paul Nelson discusses a new paper in Nature making waves in the scientific community, “Papers and Patents are Becoming Less Disruptive over Time.” According to Michael Park and his fellow researchers, the rate of groundbreaking scientific discoveries is declining while the percentage of consolidating (or incremental) science is coming to dominate. Is the spirit of groundbreaking scientific discovery withering, and if so, why? Nelson notes a 1997 book by John Horgan, The End of Science. Nelson credits Horgan for seeing the trend a generation ahead of the Park paper, but Nelson breaks with Horgan on the diagnosis. Horgan posits that groundbreaking science is declining because we have already made most of the Read More ›

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Author
Hillary Morgan Ferrer

Date
January 23, 2023

Categorized
Faith and Science

Tagged
Amy Davison, bilayer membrane, bottom-up design, cell membrane, complex specified information, Darwinism, DNA, embryology, evolutionary gradualism, evolutionary theory, foresight, genetic information, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Intelligent Design, Mama Bear Apologetics, Marcos Eberlin, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, orphan genes, Outgrowing God, Paul Nelson, reproductive thermoregulation, reverse engineering, Richard Dawkins, specified complexity, termites, Theory of Evolution, top-down design}

Mama Bear Apologetics Takes on Atheist Richard Dawkins

_{Hillary Morgan Ferrer

January 23, 2023

Faith and Science}

Today’s ID the Future puts atheist Richard Dawkins’s book Outgrowing God under the microscope and reveals multiple ways his argument smashes up against contrary scientific evidence. Walking us through the critique are author and Mama Bear Apologetics founder Hillary Morgan Ferrer and her co-host, Amy Davison. Dawkins invokes the beautiful order evident in the murmuration of bird flocks as evidence that complexity can evolve from simple algorithmic rules. But Ferrer explains why the phenomenon of bird murmuration doesn’t even begin to approach what we find when sophisticated engineering order emerges in the growth of embryos. Ferrer also considers the challenges of re-engineering sperm thermoregulation to move from how it works in marine life to how it works in land animals. Read More ›