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Intelligent Design — In Miniature: Eric Hedin; September 10, 2024; 5

New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis: Andrew McDiarmid; September 9, 2024; 1

Medical Journal Article: Replace SNAP Benefits with Cash: Wesley J. Smith; September 9, 2024; 2

The Majority of Kids Would Outgrow Gender Disorders if They Don’t Transition: Keri D. Ingraham; September 9, 2024; 6

‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes: Wesley J. Smith; September 6, 2024; 4

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His Two Cents’ Worth: The Penny Is Useless

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September 10, 2024
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Discovery Institute Board member Edmund Moy is quoted by The New York Times in an article entitled "America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny," (September 1, 2024), noting that he tried, as the Director of the U.S. Mint from 2006 to 2011, to retire one of the oldest, and surely the tiniest, members of the American currency.

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An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing – An Interview with Dr. Richard Weikart: Richard Weikart; August 7, 2024

Michael Egnor: The Evidence against Materialism – Science Uprising Expert Interviews: Michael Egnor; July 31, 2024

An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?: Bruce Chapman; July 29, 2024

The ‘Sex Work’ Movement is a Lie: Caitlyn McKenney; July 25, 2024

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Podcast

No Place Like Home: A Reading From The Privileged Planet

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2024}

On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an exclusive excerpt from the newly revised, rewritten, and updated twentieth anniversary edition of The Privileged Planet. In 2004, astronomer Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez and author Dr. Jay Richards issued a daring hypothesis: that a pattern exists between the requirements for advanced life in the universe and the requirements for fruitful scientific discovery. They argued that this pattern was more conspiracy than coincidence. Now, twenty years later, a new edition of The Privileged Planet brings fresh analysis, new supporting evidence, and a completely revised text. In this episode, McDiarmid reads the Foreword to the 2024 Edition and the Introduction to the book.

Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Darwin, Malthus and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

_{Lee Spetner
September 6, 2024}

On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, we bring you the first of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old, and we're sharing these conversations in tribute to his significant contributions to the evolution debate. Host Ira Berkowitz interviews Dr. Spetner in Jerusalem. Together they explore key arguments from Spetner’s books Not by Chance and The Evolution Revolution.

The Rational Soul: Rethinking Materialism with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor

_{Michael Egnor
September 5, 2024}

In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor conclude their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Dr. Egnor discuss Thomistic dualism and its relation to neuroscience and the soul. Thomistic dualism is the belief that the soul is a separate entity from the body and that the rational aspects of the soul, such as intellect and will, are immaterial and spiritual. The rational soul allows humans to think abstractly and have free will. The conversation also touches on the resurgence of Aristotelian and Thomistic thinking in philosophy and science. Dr. Egnor wraps things up with mention of his collaboration on an upcoming book titled The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Soul, which delves deeper into these ideas. …

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Historic K-12 Education Freedom is Happening

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Dr. John West to Speak on the Bible and the Rise of Science at Conference in Tacoma, WA

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Discovery Institute Vice President John West Speaking on “Let there be Light: The Bible’s Influence on the Creation and Perpetuation of Modern Science” at upcoming conference in Tacoma,

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The Latest

Intelligent Design — In Miniature

New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis

Medical Journal Article: Replace SNAP Benefits with Cash

The Majority of Kids Would Outgrow Gender Disorders if They Don’t Transition

‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes

His Two Cents’ Worth: The Penny Is Useless

Video

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing – An Interview with Dr. Richard Weikart

Michael Egnor: The Evidence against Materialism – Science Uprising Expert Interviews

An Interview with George Gilder Asks, Can You Pass the Israel Test?

The ‘Sex Work’ Movement is a Lie