Episode 18 – The Cambrian Explosion, The Miracles of Jesus, and The Limits of Human Knowledge

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 18 May 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Does the Cambrian Explosion undermine Evolution? Are we reaching the limits of human knowledge and what does that mean for theology? Did Jesus actually perform miracles? How do I deal with bitterness toward traditional Christians? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Belong: an event by The Liturgists Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Q1: Does the Cambrian Explosion undermine Evolution?Berkeley on the Cambrian Explosion Biologos on the Cambrian Explosion Q2: Are we reaching the limits of human knowledge and what does that mean for theology?Memory Capacity of Human Brains Q3: Did Jesus actually perform miracles?Sunday, The Liturgists Q4: How do I deal with bitterness toward traditional Christians?When the Past Hurts, mikemchargue.com Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	The Cambrian explosion, the miracles of Jesus, and the limits of human knowledge.
0:05.0	It's an extra nerdy edition of Ask Science Mike.
0:09.0	You've got questions, he's got answers, even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway
0:15.7	problems he won't solve them but I'm talking talking talking talking till the flu in the
0:21.9	face science faith and life talking till it's blue in the face.
0:23.0	Science faith and life.
0:25.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike,
0:31.0	the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about Science Mike, the Weekly Podcast, where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.1	So excited to tell you guys about an event called Belong, that I'm put with Michael Gunger
0:40.0	and some other folks from The Litturgis in Atlanta, Georgia, June 15th and 16th.
0:45.0	There's just a hundred seats and there are a few left.
0:48.0	So if you'd like to join us and people from all over the country are,
0:51.0	just check it out on the web. Otherwise, let's get it started.
0:54.5	Hey Mike, what are your thoughts on the intelligent design theories that are based on the Cambrian explosion era in which animals appeared in the fossil record without any prior ancestors apparently.
1:16.0	Is it good science? Is it Malarki? What's your thoughts? Thanks.
1:21.0	Well the Cambrian era is a time in history, planetary history, geologic history, from like
1:29.7	540 million years ago to you know 400 and 90
1:39.5	45 million years ago something like that. It's a big, big period of time early in the history
1:46.7	of life on this planet. And in the early Cambrian era, there was suddenly a lot of species that appear in the
1:55.2	fossil record. But let's talk about what that means, this Cambrian
1:59.4	explosion, this appearance of a lot of life early in the fossil record, early in the
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