Michael Denton Explains How Light Sustains Human Life

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On this episode of ID the Future from the archive, biochemist and medical doctor Michael Denton explores a “miraculous convergence of properties” for life. The topic is Denton's book Children of Light: The Astonishing Properties of Sunlight That Make Us Possible, part of his Privileged Species book series that also includes The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, and Fire-Maker. Here, Denton lets his astonishment flow freely in an interview with host Sarah Chaffee, with topics ranging from the light of the sun to key chemicals here on earth. "The atmosphere lets through just the light we need," says Denton, "and the sun puts out just the light we need. It's a remarkable coincidence...The atmosphere does just what is needed for life on earth." Taken together, it’s an astonishing array of evidence showing how finely tuned Earth is for human life. And the common-sense conclusion, Denton says, is that a designing intelligence is the most adequate explanation for the properties on our planet that make life like us possible. This is Part 1 of a two-part discussion.

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0:00.0	Welcome to ID the Future, a podcast about intelligent design and evolution.
0:17.2	Welcome to ID the Future. My name is Sarah Chaffee. We're talking about a new book, Children of Light,
0:20.3	the astonishing properties of sunlight that make us possible by Michael Denton.
0:25.0	Dr Denton is a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
0:30.0	He holds an MD from Bristol University and a PhD in biochemistry from King's College in London.
0:36.0	Dr. Denton has published his work in journals such as Nature, Biochemical Journal, Nature Genetics, Biosystems, Human Genetics, Clinical Genetics,
0:46.2	the Journal of Theoretical Biology and Biology and Philosophy.
0:50.4	His previous books include Evolution, A theory in crisis, nature's destiny,
0:55.0	how the laws of biology reveal purpose in the universe,
0:58.0	and evolution still a theory in crisis.
1:01.0	In Children of Light, Denton elucidates the miraculous convergence of properties
1:06.0	on the tiny band of the electromagnetic spectrum that allows intelligent life to flourish on Earth.
1:12.0	Today we have Dr. Denton on the show to intelligent life to flourish on Earth.
1:13.0	Today we have Dr. Denton on the show
1:14.8	to discuss light and our atmosphere.
1:17.7	Welcome.
1:18.7	It's a pleasure to be here, sir.
1:19.7	Thank you.
1:21.1	Carl Sagan notes that even if life were to somehow develop on Venus it could not invent science as humans have done on Earth. Why?
1:30.0	Well according to Carl Sagan, Venus is completely cloud covered and nothing of the
1:36.7	astronomical universe would be visible if you looked up into the night sky of Venus.
1:41.0	Even the sun will be invisible in the daytime. Its light will be
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