David Berlinski on Chickens, Eggs, Human Exceptionalism, and a Revolution

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 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.

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0:00.0	I. Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Well today I'm
0:16.6	welcoming back to the show Dr David Berlinski, the one and only, to continue
0:21.2	discussing his book Signs Signs After Babel,
0:24.0	available from Discovery Institute press.
0:26.0	Dr. Berlinski is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute's
0:29.0	Center for Science and Culture.
0:31.0	He received his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. Dr
0:35.9	Bolinsky has taught philosophy, mathematics and English at such universities as Stanford,
0:41.0	Rutgers, the City University of New York, and the Université de Paris.
0:45.8	He is author of numerous books, including a tour of the Calculus, the advent of the algorithm,
0:51.4	Newton's gift, and the Devil's Delusion.
0:54.9	His latest though is called Signs After Babble.
0:57.6	It's a collection of essays challenging the prevailing beliefs and pronouncements of
1:02.0	contemporary science with his unique
1:04.3	blend of deep learning close reasoning and sharp wit. In it he reflects on
1:09.9	everything from Newton, Einstein and Goodle to catastrophe theory, information theory, and the state of modern Darwinism.
1:17.0	Michael Denton, biochemist, an author of evolution, a theory in crisis, calls science after Babel mandatory reading for
1:25.4	anyone interested in a critical assessment of much current scientific
1:29.6	thinking. No other recent publication comes close.
1:33.0	High praise, David, welcome back to I.
1:36.0	The future.
1:37.0	Thank you so much.
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