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Here is a brilliant interview on the topic of Intelligent Design theory. I was surprised to hear that the battered old topic has been gaining traction with scientists in western Universities in the past decade.
Dissatisfaction with Darwinism among scientists centers largely on the inability of the Darwinian Evolution/Origin theory to explain the Cambrian Explosion, the very short prehistoric age in which new forms of very complex life suddenly appeared, literally establishing the many phyla (kinds) of life that are extant today. Darwin himself is quoted as seeing this as a major flaw in his theory because the Cambrian Explosion was a spike in his premise that evolution operated on a slow, smooth, incremental scale. Neo-Darwinism has attempted to explain the absence of fossil records leading up to the Cambrian Period that should show the progression claimed by the Darwinian theory, but even those theories are accumulating evidence against them.
Recent discoveries in genetics and biology are a fatal blow, leading scientists to realize that random, even opportunistic, mutation cannot account for the creation of such intricate, finely tuned information systems as genetics and the incredible complexity of living cells.
A growing body of scientists are beginning to acknowledge that 150 years of Darwinian Evolution/Origin theory and paleontology have produced none of the predicted proofs, and bold scientists are moving away from the dominant narrative. Intelligent Design theory, using the same scientific method used by Darwin, makes a comparatively solid case.
Dr. Stephen Meyer is the author of Darwin's Doubt (I haven't read, but intend to). For those who prefer something that is shorter and moves, there is a video Darwin's Dilemma which I thought very good.
In 2004 Dr. Meyer upset the scientific community with a paper on Intelligent Design that called Darwinism into serious question, and sparked a lot of controversy. He's also written a number of other intriguing titles making a scientific case for an intelligent Creator.
The following interview is from December 2013, 90 minutes long.
Dissatisfaction with Darwinism among scientists centers largely on the inability of the Darwinian Evolution/Origin theory to explain the Cambrian Explosion, the very short prehistoric age in which new forms of very complex life suddenly appeared, literally establishing the many phyla (kinds) of life that are extant today. Darwin himself is quoted as seeing this as a major flaw in his theory because the Cambrian Explosion was a spike in his premise that evolution operated on a slow, smooth, incremental scale. Neo-Darwinism has attempted to explain the absence of fossil records leading up to the Cambrian Period that should show the progression claimed by the Darwinian theory, but even those theories are accumulating evidence against them.
Recent discoveries in genetics and biology are a fatal blow, leading scientists to realize that random, even opportunistic, mutation cannot account for the creation of such intricate, finely tuned information systems as genetics and the incredible complexity of living cells.
A growing body of scientists are beginning to acknowledge that 150 years of Darwinian Evolution/Origin theory and paleontology have produced none of the predicted proofs, and bold scientists are moving away from the dominant narrative. Intelligent Design theory, using the same scientific method used by Darwin, makes a comparatively solid case.
Dr. Stephen Meyer is the author of Darwin's Doubt (I haven't read, but intend to). For those who prefer something that is shorter and moves, there is a video Darwin's Dilemma which I thought very good.
In 2004 Dr. Meyer upset the scientific community with a paper on Intelligent Design that called Darwinism into serious question, and sparked a lot of controversy. He's also written a number of other intriguing titles making a scientific case for an intelligent Creator.
The following interview is from December 2013, 90 minutes long.
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