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^{Bruce Chapman
April 16, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

Published Today: The Conservative Environmentalist

_{Bruce Chapman
April 16, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

Published today is Benji Backer’s book on how government ties up sound conservation policy in red tape that immobilizes real reform. Benji is a University of Washington grad I was proud to have as a Chapman Fellow at Discovery Institute a few years back. Read More ›

^{Denyse O'Leary and Casey Luskin
April 15, 2024}

How to Combat Censorship in Science

_{Denyse O'Leary and Casey Luskin
April 15, 2024}

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas. De-platforming and dismissal campaigns are all the rage. How do we prevent our society from slouching towards totalitarianism? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin welcomes science writer and journalist Denyse O'Leary to discuss today's forms of censorship, how it affects the intelligent design community, and most importantly, what we can do about it. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Belgian Health-Fund President: Euthanize Old People to Save Money

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Earlier this month, I noted that a U.K. columnist was pushing euthanasia for the elderly as a way of saving national resources. That call has now been echoed by a Belgian health-insurance official for one of the five mutual-fund companies that provide the country’s mandatory health- and disability-insurance policies. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

A Market in Human Kidneys Is a Bad Idea

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

It is sometimes said that desperate circumstances require desperate measures. But desperation can also lead to the exploitation of the vulnerable. Such would be the case if we created a market in live-donation human kidneys. Read More ›

^{Michael Egnor
April 13, 2024}

Did Consciousness Evolve?

_{Michael Egnor
April 13, 2024}

On this ID The Future episode from the vault, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Did consciousness evolve? What does the evidence suggest? And how do materialists deal with the seemingly immaterial reality that is consciousness? Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
April 13, 2024
Discovery Institute}

Remaking the World, Past and Present

_{Marvin Olasky
April 13, 2024
Discovery Institute}

Andrew Wilson’s Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West (Crossway, 2023) has probably left dozens of historians groaning, Why didn’t I think of that? Wilson could have written one more bloviating account of how the WEIRD revolution — Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic — affected the world during the past 250 years. Instead, he concentrated on the one Read More ›

^{Selmer Bringsjord and Pat Flynn
April 11, 2024}

Exploring the Immaterial: A Conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord

_{Selmer Bringsjord and Pat Flynn
April 11, 2024}

^{Nathan Lewis
April 11, 2024
Economics}

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Starts Africa’s Path to a Gold Standard

_{Nathan Lewis
April 11, 2024
Economics}

This month, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe launched a new gold-based currency, the first gold-based currency from a government since Richard Nixon effectively ended the world gold standard system in 1971. As long as the Central Bank of Zimbabwe adheres to some important principles, and doesn't play politics, it should be fine. Read More ›

^{Jonathan McLatchie and Andrew McDiarmid
April 10, 2024}

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset

_{Jonathan McLatchie and Andrew McDiarmid
April 10, 2024}

Scout or soldier? When it comes to our opinions and beliefs, there's a bit of both in all of us. But which mindset is more beneficial? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Dr. Jonathan McLatchie to discuss the characteristics of a scout mindset and how it relates to the debate over evolution and the evidence for intelligent design. Get full show notes at idthefuture.com. Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
April 10, 2024}

Meyer & Tour on New Critiques of Origin of Life Research

_{Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
April 10, 2024}

On this ID The Future, we're pleased to share a new discussion between Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer about recent critiques of origin of life research published in the prestigious science journal Nature. The interview originally aired on The Science and Faith Podcast, hosted by Dr. Tour. We are grateful to Dr. Tour for permission to share this interview on ID The Future. Read More ›