The Dawkins Test Returns an Answer: Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In 2009 atheist biologist Richard Dawkins offered a scientific test to decide between Darwinian evolution and intelligent design (ID). The results are in, and as guest Casey Luskin explains on this ID the Future, the evidence has broken strongly in favor of intelligent design. At the time Dawkins presented the test, he was confident that comparative DNA evidence supported Darwin’s tree of life and its idea of universal common ancestry. He made the point in his 2009 book The Greatest Show on Earth and in two interviews. As he put it, “The single most convincing fact or observation you could point to” in favor of Darwinian evolution over against ID “would be the pattern of resemblances that you see when Read More ›

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0:00.0	ID the future
0:04.8	future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.4	Greetings and thanks for tuning in. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Well today I have
0:17.2	with me Casey Luskin, one of my favorite people, to discuss his new article for
0:21.7	evolution news on whether intelligent design has passed the Dawkins test.
0:26.5	Many ID the future listeners will be very familiar with Casey already,
0:30.5	but for those who are not, Casey is an associate director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute.
0:37.0	He holds graduate degrees in science and law, giving him expertise in both the scientific and the legal dimensions of the debate over evolution.
0:45.0	He holds a PhD in geology from the University of Johannesburg, where he specialized in paleomagnetism
0:51.8	and the early plate tectonic history of South Africa.
0:55.0	In his role at Discovery Institute, Dr Luskin helps direct the ID3.0 research program.
1:00.0	He also assists and defends scientists, educators and students who seek to freely study, research and teach about the scientific debate over Darwinian evolution and intelligence and intelligent design. Casey, welcome to the show.
1:15.2	It's great to be with you. Andrew, you're one of my favorite people too, so it's a lot of fun to be on the
1:19.5	show with you here. Oh, thank you. And believe it or not, you and I are common voices on this show, but I don't think we've actually ever interviewed one another or spoken on the show. So this is a first.
1:30.0	Yeah, I was thinking about that. I don't think I've ever done an interview with you.
1:33.7	Maybe some listener will prove us wrong, but I don't recall ever doing a show with you before, so it's great to do this.
1:40.1	Awesome. All right, well, thanks for joining me.
1:43.0	Let's talk about this article that you've written.
1:46.0	It's a fun piece.
1:47.6	It's about Richard Dawkins and in particular, the Dawkins test.
1:51.7	So for the few of us out there who don't know Richard Dawkins
1:54.4	or aren't very familiar, can you just remind us who he is and what this Dawkins
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