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Does Dr. Stephen C. Meyer Have Evidence for Intelligent Design? (#345)


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Is intelligent design a scientific possibility worth exploring? According to today’s guest, Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, it is, and he claims he has scientific evidence to prove it!


Dr. Stephen C. Meyer is a former geophysicist and college professor who received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. He directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. He authored the bestselling books Darwin’s Doubt, Signature in the Cell, and most recently, Return of the God Hypothesis, a book we discuss in depth in our interview. 


You may be wondering what an advocate of intelligent design is doing on a show with a practicing cosmologist who frequently declares himself to be a devout agnostic and if I, a respected cosmologist, am getting into intelligent design. Well, tune in, and you’ll find out! 


Let’s get into it!


Key Takeaways: 


  • Intro (00:00)
  • Why Stephen’s work is so controversial (03:21)
  • The level of epistemic support in his evidence (16:03)
  • The origin of the universe (19:36)
  • Stephen Hawkin’s relationship with religion (37:26)
  • Newton and the God of the gaps (47:27)
  • The logistics of intelligent design (54:15)
  • Is intelligent design proof of a Judeo-Christian God? (1:14:52)
  • Outro (1:20:52)


  • Additional resources: 


    📚 Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer: https://a.co/d/cYYhMfM 


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