The Death of Darwin (Evolution): Dr. David Berlinski Interview

The Becket Cook Show

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In today’s episode, Becket chats with Dr. David Berlinski on his new book, Science After Babel. They discuss the deep flaws in Darwin’s theory of evolution, free will, and God.

David Berlinski received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and was later a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. Dr. Berlinski has authored works on systems analysis, differential topology, theoretical biology, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics, as well as three novels. He has also taught philosophy, mathematics and English at such universities as Stanford, Rutgers, the City University of New York and the Universite de Paris. In addition, he has held research fellowships at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) in France.

He is author of numerous books, including A Tour of the Calculus (Pantheon 1996), The Advent of the Algorithm (2000, Harcourt Brace), Newton's Gift (The Free Press 2000), The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky (Harcourt, October 2003), A Short History of Mathematics for the Modern Library series at Random House (2004), The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions (Crown Forum, 2008), and The King of Infinite Space: Euclid and His Elements (Basic Books, 2013), Human Nature (and Science After Babel (Discovery Institute Press, 2023).

His Book "Science After Babel" - https://amzn.to/3PtYYga

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0:00.0	Life Audio
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0:26.0	Please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a five-star rating. rating. Hey guys, welcome to the show.
0:40.0	Today I have a very special guest, Dr. David Burlensky. We're going to be talking about his new book,
0:44.8	Science After Babble. If you don't know who David Burlinsky is, he is one of my favorite people. He's probably one of the smartest people in the world.
0:56.2	He lives in Paris.
0:57.3	So it's, I think, 7 PM, his time in Paris and 10 a.m. my time here in LA.
1:03.7	And he's a writer, he's a thinker, a raconteur, a polymath,
1:09.6	he's a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.
1:12.2	He received his PhD in philosophy from Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute.
1:13.0	He received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University and was later a postdoctoral
1:17.6	fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He has also taught philosophy, mathematics, and English at universities such as Stanford, Rutgers,
1:29.0	the City University of New York, and the University of Paris. He's written many books including
1:36.0	the the deniable Darwin which we might touch on today and also the devil's delusion atheism and its scientific pretensions.
1:48.8	The reason I wanted to have David Burlensky on the show is because he's not a Christian he's a secular Jew but he's a
1:56.7	co-beligerant and he he blows giant holes through Darwin's theory of evolution.
2:05.0	He's an iconoclast and he tears down the idols of the scientific community,
2:11.0	especially when it comes to the theory of evolution.
2:14.6	So I'm excited to talk to him about that today, and I hope you enjoy the show.
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