I. D. the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design. Welcome to I. D. The Future. I'm Andrew McDermott. In 1936

In 1936, Albert Einstein wrote that the eternal mystery of the world is its

comprehensibility. Before adding, the fact that it is comprehensible

is a miracle.

So how is the universe comprehensible or understandable to us, and is that comprehensibility a fluke or a hallmark is that comprehensibility a fluke or a hallmark of design?

On this episode we're pleased to share a recent conversation

between Dr Jonathan Witt and author and teacher Dr Ken Boa on the Explorers podcast.

The topic is Dr Witt's book A Meaningful World, How the Arts and Sciences

reveal the Genius of Nature.

Dr. Witt is executive editor of Discovery Institute Press

and a senior fellow and senior project manager

with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.

In this discussion, Dr Witt and Dr Boa discuss the meaning and purpose

inherent in our comprehensible universe. They talk about the effectiveness of

mathematics to describe the deep realities found in physics, cosmology, and

chemistry, an effectiveness that is unreasonable on a Darwinian framework, but matches the expectations of a design perspective. They unpack the elegance and beauty on display in the arts and sciences, from Shakespeare's plays to Euclid and with some discussion of a new young adult novel co-written by Dr. Witt called The Farm at the Center of the

Universe. Now let's listen in as Jonathan Witt discusses our meaningful world.

I want you to welcome you to explorers

and we are with Jonathan Witt, the Discovery Institute.

And Jonathan just informs me that he also taught literature as well in Texas and Lubbock Christian University and it shows because Jonathan's work a meaningful world with Benjamin Waiker is a nice combination and he was just describing how like me he's quite a generalist and he loves to synthesize and put things together.

So I want to welcome you in our midst and thank you for being a part of this our time together.

Thanks for having me on, Ken.

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