A Reading From The Farm at the Center of the Universe

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Is there evidence of purpose in the universe? Or is life just a collection of accidental processes that did not have us in mind? On a weekend visit to his grandparents' farm, Isaac is caught between two very different worldviews. He must choose for himself which makes the most sense. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an excerpt from The Farm at the Center of the Universe, a new young adult novel from astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and author Jonathan Witt. Source

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0:00.0	I. Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Today I'm going to read for you an excerpt from the new book The Farm at the Center of the Universe by astrobiologist Germo Gonzalez and author Jonathan Witt.
0:25.2	It's the first novel for teens and young adults to be published by Discovery Institute
0:30.3	Press. The book centers on a weekend in the life of Isaac, a teenager still reeling from the untimely death of his father.
0:38.0	His cousin Charlie, a science teacher, suggests a few days of the grandparents' farm might do him some good.
0:45.2	Charlie also hopes the realities of life on a farm will help him convince Isaac
0:50.0	that a Darwinian view of life is the most sensible view.
0:54.0	It's all about weeding out the weeks of the strong can thrive and evolve,
0:58.0	Charlie tells Isaac, on the drive into the countryside.
1:01.0	Nature doesn't care about your feelings. Nature doesn't care about your survival. Nature
1:06.1	just does what it does with no regard for you. So you'd better be ready. But at the farm,
1:12.0	Isaac finds himself caught in a battle of wits between Charlie and his grandfather,
1:17.0	and facing a choice he alone can make.
1:20.0	Before I jump into the reading, let me introduce the authors to you. You may recognize
1:25.1	Guermel Gonzalez as co-author with J Richards of the popular 2004 book The Privileged
1:30.8	Planet, which bucks the prevailing narrative about planet Earth being an insignificant
1:35.6	spec in an uncaring universe, with remarkable evidence of fine-tuning and design from contemporary
1:41.5	astronomy and physics. Gonzales is a senior fellow in and Design
1:43.4	Gonzales is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
1:48.1	He received his PhD in Astronomy in 1993 from the University of Washington. He has done postdoctoral work at the University of Texas,
1:56.2	Austin and at the University of Washington and has received fellowships, grants and awards from such
2:02.4	institutions as NASA, the Templeton Foundation,
2:06.0	the University of Washington, and the National Science Foundation.
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