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A Universe Charged with Meaning and Purpose

Jonathan Witt
August 28, 2024

In 1936, Albert Einstein wrote that “the fact that [the world] is comprehensible is a miracle.” But why is the universe comprehensible to us? And is it an evolutionary fluke or a hallmark of design? On this episode of ID The Future, we’re sharing a recent conversation between Dr. … » Go

The Farm at the Center of the Universe

Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
May 21, 2024
Why did Isaac’s father have to die so young? Isaac’s older cousin Charlie — a science teacher — says he knows why. Nature is pitiless. There’s no God. No afterlife. Just atoms in the void and the struggle for survival. Charlie says a week at their grandparents’ farm, seeing animals … » Go

Heretic

Matti Leisola and Jonathan Witt
January 15, 2018
What happens when an up-and-coming European bioscientist flips from Darwin disciple to Darwin defector? Sparks fly. Just ask biotechnologist Matti Leisola. It all started when a student loaned the Finnish scientist a book criticizing evolutionary theory. Leisola reacted angrily, and set … » Go

Intelligent Design Education Day – Dallas

Jonathan Wells, Raymond Bohlin and Jonathan Witt
April 28, 2017
Are you looking for creative ways to teach your students about scientific challenges to Darwinism? As a parent or educator, are you curious about exploring intelligent design, but don’t know where to start? Do you already incorporate intelligent design into your curriculum, but would … » Go

The Hobbit Party

Jonathan Witt and Jay W. Richards
September 17, 2014
Anyone who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings can gather that their author hated tyranny, but few know that the novelist who once described himself as a hobbit “in all but size” was—even by hobbit standards—a zealous proponent of economic freedom and small … » Go

Did ‘Social Business’ Sink the Cardboard Bike?

Jonathan Witt
June 9, 2014
A sturdy bicycle built of recycled cardboard and sold to the world’s poor for $20 apiece? This story broke in 2012, complete with a YouTube video of inventor Izhar Gafni toodling around his Israeli settlement town on a beautiful white prototype, the cardboard rendered surprisingly strong through … » Go

Doctors Disappear

Jonathan Witt
December 5, 2013
A curious feature of recent U.S. health care reform efforts — easily overlooked amidst the daily media grind of canceled plans, crashing websites and new restrictions — is the irrational belief that we can extend more health care to more Americans while rendering a career as a family physician … » Go

Crime and the Nanny State

Jonathan Witt
April 10, 2013
Crime has been in decline — but current government policies are bound to reverse this trend. Against the backdrop of sluggish growth and high unemployment, one bright spot has been declining crime rates, with levels in the United States now about half what they were 20 years ago. This gradual … » Go