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Paul Nelson

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January 25, 2023

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Nature Paper: Groundbreaking Science on the Decline

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January 25, 2023

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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 big breakthroughs there are to make. Nelson begs to differ. He suggests the problem lies elsewhere and likely is multifaceted. Tune in to hear his analysis and his prescription for reinvigorating the scientific enterprise in the twenty-first century. Crowther and Nelson discuss two other papers during their conversation. For Nelson’s paper on disruption and consensus in science, “The Paradox of Consensus,” go here. For the Thomas Gold paper on the problem of the herd effect in science, go here.

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Author
Bijan Nemati

Date
January 4, 2023

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astrophysics, Atheism, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, Christianity, Colorado School of Mines, Cornel University, Darwin on Trial, Evolution: a Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, God, Hugh Ross, Intelligent Design, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Islam, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Michael Denton, NASA Origins program, Natural Theology, observational astronomy, particle physics, Paul Nelson, Phillip Johnson, physics, space interferometer, Stanford Linear Accelerator, telescope array, The Fingerprint of God, The Privileged Planet, Theism, transcendence, University of Colorado, Why It Matters}

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati on Why Intelligent Design Matters

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January 4, 2023

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On today’s ID the Future, astrophysicist and intelligent design proponent Bijan Nemati shares the first part of his story of science and faith. Those who follow Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture may know Nemati from his appearance in the popular ID documentary The Privileged Planet. Born and raised in Iran, he moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, became an atheist in college, but eventually found his way to a strong religious faith, in part through his exposure to the scientific evidence for intelligent design, first in biology and then in cosmology. Along the way he landed a high-level job with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and became a leading expert in space interferometer telescopes and the science and technology of detecting earth-like planets. Tune in as he shares with host Eric Anderson his journey of discovery.