Intelligent Design The Future

On this episode of ID the Future, hear about a new short documentary that explores C. S. Lewis’ life-long struggle to find intelligent design in a world filled with pain. Discover Lewis’ journey that took him from a position sharply hostile to arguments for design to views bearing remarkable similarities to those advocated by ID proponents today. Watch “C.S. Lewis and Intelligent Design”. See here for the previous two installments: "The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism" "C.S. Lewis and Evolution"

On this episode of ID the Future, Stephen Meyer debates Michael Shermer, founder and publisher of Skeptic Magazine, about how Darwinian evolution should be taught in the public school classroom. Should students be allowed to learn about the scientific challenges to neo-Darwinism? Listen in on this candid discussion.

This episode of ID the Future features Dr. Stephen Meyer responding to his critics during a questioning period before the Texas State Board of Education in 2009. Listen in as philosopher of science Meyer cuts through the rhetorical strategies in this debate and exposes the strengths and weaknesses of the Darwinist position, rebutting the misinformation about Discovery Institute's education policy and laying out the legitimate scientific dissent from Darwin.

On this episode of ID The Future, host David Boze interviews former vice-presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman on seeing the hand of a designer in nature and the label of "anti-science" being attached to those who see evidence of design in nature. Lieberman also relates anecdotes from his recently co-authored book The Gift of Rest with Discovery Institute senior fellow and Evolution News & Views editor David Klinghoffer. Get more information on The Gift of Rest.

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin finishes up his conversation with Dr. Cornelius Hunter as they discuss how Darwinists are responding to the challenge of how new traits emerge -- a question that has long puzzled evolutionary biologists. Listen in! Cornelius Hunter holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology and is an Adjunct Professor at Biola University, as well as a CSC Fellow. Dr. Hunter writes at darwins-god.blogspot.com.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Cornelius Hunter and CSC Research Coordinator Casey Luskin continue their conversation on recent discoveries about “junk” DNA, expanding on the implications for evolutionary theory. For years, Darwinists have said that our genomes ought to be full of junk if evolution is true. If the vast majority of our genome is not junk, what does this mean for evolution? Cornelius Hunter holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology and is an Adjunct Professor at Biola University, as well as a CSC Fellow. Dr. Hunter writes at darwins-god.blogspot.com.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Michael Denton discusses why he foresees the downfall of the mechanistic view in cell biology and the exhaustion of materialist researches into the origin of life. Conversely, Denton finds validity in Stephen Meyer's The Signature in the Cell, and in the proposition that intelligence was at work in the origin of life, and well before.Dr. Denton has been a medical geneticist for over twenty years, a researcher on the mammalian eye, and is the author of two books, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis and, more recently, Nature's Destiny. Dr. Denton holds an M.D. from Bristol University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from King's College, London. He is currently a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin sits down with Dr. Cornelius Hunter for a discussion about "junk" DNA and the ENCODE project. Dr. Hunter lends his insight into how non-coding DNA fits into the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolution and Intelligent Design, noting how Darwinian evolutionists have changed their predictions and explanations in order to accommodate contradictory evidence that would falsify their theory. Cornelius Hunter holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology, and is an Adjunct Professor at Biola University, as well as a CSC Fellow. Dr. Hunter writes at darwins-god.blogspot.com.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. John West discusses the Scopes "Monkey" Trial and how its legacy lives on in our culture today, almost ninety years later. The famous -- and often misunderstood -- 1925 trial of John T. Scopes, who was prosecuted for teaching human evolution, is commonly brought up in current debates as a way to defame scientific arguments against Darwinism. But today, as we've seen in recent threats to academic freedom, it's Darwin's defenders who seek legal means to silence doubters in the classroom. Listen in!

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. James Le Fanu concludes his talk on big science with insight into its increasingly dogmatic tendencies. Science seems to be discovering its boundaries as it becomes laden with more and more indigestible facts. In this third and final segment of the three-part series, Dr. Le Fanu addresses the phenomenon and the paradox of science today as it finds itself limited by materialist assumptions. Dr. James Le Fanu is a critically acclaimed science writer and medical practitioner. He is the author of several books, his most recent being Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, published in 2009.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. James Le Fanu continues his talk on the state of scientific study today. Despite the general belief that new discoveries in genetics and neuroscience would soon reveal the secret of life, we have instead found that recent findings in these fields have unveiled even more mysteries. Listen in as Dr. Le Fanu discusses the perplexities that we have stumbled upon in this age of scientific exploration. Dr. James Le Fanu is a critically acclaimed science writer and medical practitioner. He is the author of several books, his most recent being Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, published in 2009.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. James Le Fanu explains why this era of big science is both "the best of times and the worst of times." Despite lavish funding of mega research projects, we are not seeing the same returns that we had a century ago with breakthrough discoveries of the fundamental laws of nature. Has the methodology of science reaches its limits? In Part 1 of this three-part series, Le Fanu explores the significance of science today and the confines and opportunities that it may face. Dr. James Le Fanu is a critically acclaimed science writer and medical practitioner. He is the author of several books, his most recent being Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, published in 2009.

On this episode of ID the Future, hear a brief message from CSC Associate Director John West on academic freedom as he asks the question: If Thomas Jefferson was alive today, would he be allowed to speak at an American university? Your voice needs to be heard! Tell Ball State University that you support Professor Hedin’s right to teach by signing the petition at www.academicfreedompetition.org.

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Stephen Meyer joins Dennis Prager for The Dennis Prager Show’s very first hour on evolution. Meyer and Prager discuss Meyer’s new bestseller Darwin’s Doubt, looking at the major missing piece in Darwin’s theory as evidenced in the Cambrian explosion. Dr. Meyer observes, “Only intelligence produces information. The key thing that has to be explained in the Cambrian explosion is the information explosion that makes these animals possible.” Listen in!

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Stephen Meyer returns to the Michael Medved Show to discuss the release of and reactions to his new bestselling book Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, which Medved describes as “mind-opening and mind-bending.” Tune in as Dr. Meyer talks about the Cambrian explosion, Darwin’s views on the evolutionary process, and more.