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Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses the thesis of the updated and expanded edition of his landmark book The Design Inference, which explores how we can detect intelligent design in nature. The book is co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….
Twenty-five years ago, mathematician William Dembski unveiled a rigorous scientific method for detecting intelligent design in his book The Design Inference. Originally published by Cambridge University Press, Dembski’s landmark book sparked vigorous debate among scientists, scholars, and the public. In a dramatically expanded new edition, Dembski and co-author Winston Ewert show how Dembski’s method of design detection has stood the Read More ›
Biochemist and bestselling author Michael Behe will go to great lengths to teach us about the stunning complexity and engineering prowess found in the living cell! In this clip from the ID The Future podcast, Professor Behe tells host Andrew McDiarmid about one of his favorite scenes to shoot in his popular video series Secrets of the Cell.
Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses the backlash provoked by the original edition of his landmark book The Design Inference, which explored how we can detect intelligent design. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….
Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. These are not horror stories playing at your local movie theater. They’re playing out in labs, hospitals, and institutes across America. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with bioethicist Wesley J. Smith about frightening abuses of science being done in the name of progress. Read More ›
Is there life after death? Can science shed any light on this age-old question? And is the mind simply the workings of the brain, or is it something else? On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid chats with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a radiation oncology physician and one of the scientists featured in the new Angel Studios feature Read More ›
How do you keep your family safe from the dangers of social media and other technologies? How can you use technology to promote human flourishing rather than dehumanization? Cultural commentator Andrew McDiarmid explores the answers to these questions and more. This talk took place at the 2023 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Andrew McDiarmid is Director of Podcasting and Read More ›
What does the science REALLY show about the origin of life? Renowned chemistry professor James Tour and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer explain. This session was part of the 2023 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith sponsored by Discovery Institute. A synthetic organic chemist, James Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Read More ›
Stephen C. Meyer joins Kirk Cameron to discuss how scientific research, theories of the unexplainable, and a fine-tuned universe point to the proof of intelligent design, and ultimately, a Creator. Learn about how human DNA reveals the hand of a programmer, and if the discovery of aliens would challenge a biblical worldview. Don’t miss this discussion from Takeaways with Kirk Read More ›
Inside your body a massive amount of encoded information that makes your life possible. Your body also contains sophisticated computer-like hardware that reads this coded information and builds the things you need for a living system. Explore the mystery of the amazing information codes inside you in this first installment of the “Codes of Life” mini-series produced as part of Read More ›
In this video, Daily Dose of Wisdom host Brandon McGuire highlights a clip from Dr. Stephen Meyer’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan. Here, Dr. Meyer lays out several logical arguments for God that, when combined with the powerful scientific evidence for design in nature, can support a robust and rational belief in a benevolent Creator.
Casey Luskin, Associate Director at Discovery Institute, joins Andrew Klavan on the Andrew Klavan Show to discuss the theory of intelligent design in relation to contemporary scientific views of creation, the relationship between theism and the theory of evolution, and the secular aversion and reaction to faith-based scientific argument.
Get an introduction and overview of Discovery Institute Academy’s new High School chemistry class from teacher Kristin Marais. Discovery Institute Academy’s high school chemistry course is a two-semester, virtual, synchronous, and lab-bsed course which integrates the fundamentals of chemistry with applicable intelligent design concepts and topics. Learn more about the course for homeschoolers at https://discoveryinstitute.academy/ch…. Discovery Institute Academy understands the Read More ›
Learn about the wonderful intelligent design of the chemistry behind life. Join High School Chemistry from Discovery Institute Academy in this new course for homeschool students taught by certified teacher Kristin Marais for the 2023-24 school year. Find out more about the course, and teacher Kristin Marais, at: https://discoveryinstitute.academy/ch… This course is equivalent to a standard High School Chemistry course Read More ›
Bryan hosts a discussion between Dr. Stephen Meyer and Dr. Michael Shermer about the existence of God from a scientific perspective. They ask the question: can science prove the existence of God?
Philosopher Stephen Meyer revisits Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Templeton Prize speech from May 10, 1983, where Solzhenitsyn indicted the West for forgetting God. Meyer is author of the bestselling book Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe. https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com/
Can you trust everything you hear about the origin of life? The short answer is “No.” Many popular science expositors overstate the evidence for the natural, chemical origin of life and promote gross misinformation to the public on this topic. This video reviews popular claims made about the origin of life and shows why they are contradicted by the evidence, Read More ›