David Berlinski Challenges Prevailing Beliefs in Modern Biology and Physics

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On today’s ID the Future, Science After Babel author David Berlinski continues discussing his newly released book from Discovery Institute Press. In this conversation with host Andrew McDiarmid, Berlinski explores a chicken-and-egg problem facing origin-of-life research, a blindness afflicting some evolutionists focused on human origins, and the mystery of why science almost flowered in ancient Greece, early Medieval China, and in the Muslim-Arab Medieval Empire, but did not, having to await the scientific revolution that swept through Europe beginning in the sixteenth century. Check out the endorsements and get your copy, paperback or e-book, at scienceafterbabel.com. Source

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0:00.0	ID the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.1	Welcome to ID the Future.
0:13.9	I'm your host, Andrew McDermott.
0:16.1	Well, today I'm welcoming back to the show, Dr. David Berlinski, the one and only,
0:20.1	to continue discussing
0:21.6	his book, Science After Babel, available from Discovery Institute Press.
0:26.8	Dr. Berlinski is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
0:31.6	He received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University.
0:35.7	Dr. Berlinski has taught philosophy, mathematics, and English at such
0:39.4	universities as Stanford, Rutgers, the City University of New York, and the Universite de Paris.
0:46.5	He is author of numerous books, including a tour of the calculus, the advent of the algorithm,
0:51.7	Newton's gift, and the devil's delusion. His latest, though, is called
0:55.9	Signs After Babel. It's a collection of essays challenging the prevailing beliefs and pronouncements
1:01.7	of contemporary science, with his unique blend of deep learning, close reasoning, and sharp wit.
1:08.9	In it, he reflects on everything from Newton, Einstein, and Gerdel to
1:12.7	catastrophe theory, information theory, and the state of modern Darwinism. Michael Denton,
1:18.7	biochemist and author of Evolution, a Theory and Crisis, calls science after Babel mandatory
1:24.3	reading for anyone interested in a critical assessment of much current scientific thinking.
1:30.5	No other recent publication comes close.
1:33.6	Hi, praise. David, welcome back to Idy the Future.
1:36.7	Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be back.
1:39.5	Our first episode, Exploring Science After Babel, touched on what you consider to be the significant overall themes
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