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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

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December 13, 2025
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Says Dr. Hedin, “We live in a world where the second law of thermodynamics applies not just to stars and mountainsides but also to our own bodies.”

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Why Humans Can’t Be Replicated by AI: George Montañez; November 25, 2025; Intelligent Design

Living in a 3-D World: The Center for Science and Culture; November 3, 2025; Intelligent Design

Engineered for Oxygen: The Center for Science and Culture; September 1, 2025; Intelligent Design

The Common Woodpecker: Chance or Design?: Raymond Bohlin; August 25, 2025; Intelligent Design

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Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in a Designed World

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December 12, 2025
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Are we responsible for our choices? What can the laws of nature teach us about morality? On this classic episode of ID The Future from the archive, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes back Dr. Eric Hedin, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University, to conclude a discussion about his two recent articles on suffering, free will, and morality in a designed world. Some scientists continue to argue that human free will is an illusion and that we have no more control over our choices than the decision to breathe. But this idea, known as determinism, flies in the face of our human experience. Dr. Hedin explains that far from being slaves to external forces, humans have a great latitude of freedom in the universe. In other words, the ball is in our court. This is Part 2 of a two-part discussion.

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

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December 10, 2025
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A Quick Message From Host Andrew McDiarmid: Hey thanks for joining me! Did you know that although ID The Future is free content, it’s not free to produce? If you’re enjoying the interviews, commentaries, and readings you hear on the podcast, would you consider partnering with me to create more new content next year? Support the CSC today to help me generate another amazing lineup of interviews with ID scientists and scholars. Thanks for your support! When biologists use principles of engineering to study living systems, they can gain a richer, deeper understanding of how and why life works. But most biologists are trained to view design as the product of a blind, purposeless, gradual evolutionary process. Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his discussion with …

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

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December 8, 2025
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It’s easy to be blown away by the examples of engineering prowess in the human body. But it can be challenging to turn that evidence into a robust argument for intelligent design you can share with skeptical friends and colleagues. To help you learn to do that, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a roundtable discussion with not one, not two, not three, but four guests to the podcast, all part of our team of resident scientists at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture: geologist and lawyer Casey Luskin, biochemist and metabolic nutritionist Emily Reeves, biologist Jonathan McLatchie, and physicist Brian Miller. The first half of the discussion kicks off with a review of the basics of design detection, including various methods for empirically detecting the hallmarks of design in nature. After that, these four experts take turns diving into examples of extraordinary design in the human body. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

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Why Humans Can’t Be Replicated by AI

Living in a 3-D World

Engineered for Oxygen

The Common Woodpecker: Chance or Design?

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Eric Hedin on Free Will and Morality in a Designed World

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

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