Brian Miller on Advancing Biology Through an Engineering Lens

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Can viewing life as designed enhance scientific research? Today, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about the fruitful research that can result when engineering principles are applied to the study of biological systems. Dr. Miller is part of a group that brings together engineers, scientists, and scholars to demonstrate how engineering principles, patterns, and tools can deepen the understanding of biology. The group hosts an annual Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, hosted by the Discovery Institute, that highlights new insights and research projects in this bold new approach to the study of life. Here Dr. Miller gives the lowdown on current research as well as this year's conference. Source

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. A quick heads up before we get to today's episode. This fall, Discovery Institute
0:05.2	Academy will be offering both high school biology and high school chemistry for the coming school year.
0:11.6	These high-quality online courses are designed especially for homeschool students. They cover the
0:16.9	fundamentals of biology and chemistry and also introduce students to the powerful
0:21.2	evidence of intelligent design in nature. The courses include video lectures, readings, lab
0:27.3	activities, assignments, and more. They're designed to make it easy to teach science to your kids.
0:32.7	There are options with a live science teacher and an option that is completely self-paced.
0:37.8	Even if you don't have kids who can participate, can you help us get the word out to those who do?
0:42.5	For a limited time, parents who register their student can get $50 off tuition.
0:47.3	These courses are a wonderful way to raise up the next generation of scientists, scientists
0:52.2	who understand that we and our universe are intelligently designed.
0:56.0	For more information, visit Discovery Institute.
0:59.0	Dot Academy. That's Discovery Institute.com. ID, The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
1:15.1	Most biologists are trained to view organisms as emerging from a bottom-up, undirected process that did not have any end goals in mind.
1:24.1	They might recognize patterns of design in living things, but they're trained to see that
1:28.5	design as merely the illusion of design, not the product of intelligence. But there are scientists
1:34.2	who think that view of living things limits scientific study. The Engineering Working Group at
1:39.9	Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture is a cohort of scientists who think we can
1:45.1	better understand biological systems by applying engineering principles to the study of organismal
1:51.3	form. My guest today is physicist Dr. Brian Miller. He's one of the scientists in the engineering
1:57.6	working group, and he helped launch a conference that brings biologists and
2:01.8	engineers together to share their research and insight with the public.
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