Casey Luskin on the Core Concepts of Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Sometimes, it’s good to go back to the basics. Whether you’re brand new to intelligent design or you’re looking for a way to share the basics with a friend or family member, we’ve got you covered today. On this ID The Future, enjoy the first half of a discussion with geologist and attorney Dr. Casey Luskin on the basics of intelligent design that originally aired on the Truthful Hope podcast hosted by Jacob Vasquez. Here, Dr. Luskin unpacks two core concepts of intelligent design: specified complexity and irreducible complexity. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Share this podcast with a friend and start a conversation! Source

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0:00.0	ID The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.4	Sometimes it's good to go back to the basics.
0:15.1	Whether you're brand new to intelligent design, or you're looking for a way to share the basics with a friend or family member,
0:21.3	we've got you covered today.
0:23.2	Welcome to ID the Future.
0:24.8	I'm Andrew McDermid.
0:26.4	You're about to enjoy the first half of a discussion with geologist and attorney, Dr. Casey
0:31.4	Luskin, that originally aired on the Truthful Hope podcast, hosted by Jacob Vasquez.
0:40.6	In part one, Casey begins by clarifying terms,
0:45.3	a very important first step when you're discussing theories about the origin of life and the universe.
0:52.1	He defines Darwinian evolution and intelligent design. He then delves into two core concepts of intelligent design, specified complexity and irreducible
0:56.2	complexity.
0:57.6	He rounds out the first half of this conversation by reviewing the recent nature paper
1:01.6	that reveals that humans and chimps are approximately 15% genetically different, which
1:07.3	blows out of the water the commonly cited 98.8% similarity myth that's often touted to promote a Darwinian narrative of human origins.
1:17.1	Here's Casey and Jacob Now.
1:20.1	Welcome everybody to the Truthful Hope podcast. I'm your host, Jacob Fasquez, and I'm really excited for this episode as we will be tackling
1:28.3	one of the most controversial and debated topics, evolution.
1:32.9	If you're like me, and I'm sure you are, in public school, you were taught that Darwinian
1:37.2	evolution is a scientific fact, and that's that.
1:40.7	But is Darwinian evolution really true?
1:43.8	What's the evidence for it? And are we merely the
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