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The Very Large Array (VLA) radio-astronomy antennas, in New Mexico, is one of the most impressive observatories in the world. The Sun was piercing through after a major storm during a public tour.

^{Paul Nelson
August 16, 2024}

Could Carl Sagan’s Methods Be Used to Make Design Inferences?

_{Paul Nelson
August 16, 2024}

On today’s ID The Future out of the vault, host Robert Crowther welcomes philosopher of science Paul Nelson to explore an intriguing tension in the thinking of famous scientist and science popularizer Carl Sagan. Though Sagan was a committed Darwinist and agnostic, he embraced certain ideas consistent with the theory of intelligent design. Could Sagan's methods for detecting extra-terrestrial intelligence be used to make design inferences in the natural world? Listen in as Dr. Nelson discusses this intriguing idea. Read More ›

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^{Michael Egnor
August 15, 2024}

The Science of Mind: Debunking Materialism, with Dr. Michael Egnor

_{Michael Egnor
August 15, 2024}

Piles Of Rare Earth Elements Mined And Refined

^{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024}

Metals: The Gifts That Keep On Giving

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024}

A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. Can a Darwinian process take the credit? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Ball State University in Indiana. Dr. Hedin describes the conditions within ourselves and the conditions within our environment that were finely tuned to allow for our successful utilization of metals. He also speaks to what our use of metals reveals about the moral character of human nature, and why metals remain vital to us today. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Don't miss Part 1! Read More ›

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^{Eric Hedin
August 12, 2024}

Metals & Life: A Finely Tuned Alliance

_{Eric Hedin
August 12, 2024}

Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Ball State University in Indiana. Dr. Hedin tells the fascinating story of the origin of metals, the finely tuned set of conditions that allow for our use of metals, and the crucial role metals play in our survival. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 next! Read More ›

^{Michael Newton Keas
August 9, 2024}

The Gollum Effect: When Guarding Research Impedes Progress

_{Michael Newton Keas
August 9, 2024}

On this ID the Future out of the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid sits down with historian and philosopher of science Michael Keas to discuss a recent article at Times Higher Education, “My Precious! How Academia’s Gollums Guard Their Research Fields.” The article looks at how scientific progress is being impeded by a culture in which scientists jealously guard their research instead of sharing it. Keas says the problem seems to have gotten worse in recent years but isn’t a new one. He illustrates with the story of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Read More ›

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^{Doug Smith and Robert J. Marks II
August 8, 2024}

How to Rise Above Addictive Technologies to Find Real Freedom

_{Doug Smith and Robert J. Marks II
August 8, 2024}

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^{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024}

Richard Weikart Reads From His New Book Unnatural Death

_{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024}

On this episode, Dr. Richard Weikart reads selections from his new book Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing. Dr. Weikart is Emeritus Professor of History at California State University Stanislaus and a Senior Fellow with the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. He is author of From Darwin to Hitler, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion and The Death of Humanity. Dr. Weikart begins with a portion from the book’s Introduction, which sets the stage and defines some key terms used in the book. Weikart concludes with an excerpt from Chapter 3: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics, where he gets into the influence of Darwinism on eugenics ideology and how it shaped attitudes toward euthanasia and assisted suicide in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024}

Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

_{Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024}

If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson talks to historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his latest book, Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent From Healing to Killing, now available from Discovery Institute Press. The book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from Ancient Greece to today. How did we get to the point we are at today, and how do we turn the tide to promote the sanctity of human life? Tune in to find out. Read More ›

^{Kirk Durston
August 2, 2024}

Three Types of Science, pt. 3: Fantasy Science

_{Kirk Durston
August 2, 2024}

On this episode of ID the Future out of our vault, biophysicist Kirk Durston completes a three-part series on three categories of science: experimental, inferential, and fantasy science. Fantasy science makes inferential leaps so huge that virtually none of it is testable, either by the standards of experimental science or by those of the historical sciences, which reason to the best explanation by process of elimination. This is Part 3 of a three-part interview. Read More ›

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^{Doug Smith
August 1, 2024}

Doug Smith on The Pitfalls of Virtual Reality (VR)

_{Doug Smith
August 1, 2024}