Scientific & Philosophical Arguments for Intelligent Design | Dr. Stephen Meyer Interview

Is there a mind behind the universe? What are the scientific and philosophical arguments for intelligent design? Which view has more evidence: the materialist or creationist worldview?
Dr. Stephen Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, answers these questions and much more in our Praxis Circle interview.
LINKS:
Return of the God Hypothesis: www.amazon.com/Return-God-Hyp...
Darwin's Doubt: www.amazon.com/Darwins-Doubt-...
Signature in the Cell: www.amazon.com/Signature-Cell...
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction & the Discovery Institute
2:46 What is your definition of worldview as an academic discipline?
4:50 What worldview were you born into?
5:57 Built to Last: Christian Conversion via the Bible’s Metaphysics
12:30 In College: Christianity vs. Existentialism
14:55 Epistemology & the Judeo-Christian Idea of Intelligibility
19:37 Answering Youth Who Don’t Believe in God: Return of the God Hypothesis
21:30 Crosstalk on Recorded Human History & Cognition
24:19 Crosstalk on the Mind-Body Problem of Consciousness
25:58 Crosstalk on Sufficiency of Proving God’s Existence
29:02 Is the concept of worldview important for Christian evangelism?
34:56 The Importance of Philosophy: Good Thinking
36:21 Relationship Between Materialism & Relativism
41:08 How to Convert Moral Relativists: Ask Them to Rake Leaves!
46:19 The Fact/Value Divide and Its Justifiable Bridge
51:46 The Newton and Leibniz Debate: Gravity and God?
1:00:33 Why Mind? Reduced Uncertainty, Low Probability, Specified Information
1:05:54 Specified Information vs. Laws of Nature (Redundancy/Scientific Constants)
1:08:23 How Christianity Sparked the Scientific Revolution
1:13:23 Human Fallibility Needing the Scientific Method
1:15:03 Today’s Schizophrenia: Scientific Materialism & Philosophical Skepticism
1:18:37 Where does intelligent design stand in the scientific community today?
1:23:06 Argument for God: Signature of the Cell
1:27:16 Something from Nothing? The Universe’s Origin and Quantum Physics
1:30:30 Theistic Design: Is “Who created God” a problem? No!
1:33:02 Cosmological data points to God?
1:35:26 Our Fine-Tuned Universe
1:38:46 A Fine-Tuned Universe vs. Faulty Materialist Multiverse Counterargument
1:41:31 Applying Occam's Razor: Multiverse Theory vs. Intelligent Design
1:42:57 Primary Argument Against Darwinism: Mutation’s Extremely Low Creative Power
1:47:30 The Problem with TOE (Theories of Everything)
1:50:49 Theistic Evolution: An Oxymoron
1:56:15 Do miracles (like the Resurrection) violate the laws of nature?
2:00:18 A Good Theology of Nature: God’s Creating, Sustaining, and Special Agency
2:01:20 How does Mind influence the world? Evidence: the Cambrian Explosion
2:03:54 Is a non-material explanation “scientific”? Yes, with special evidence.
2:05:57 Are you a dualist?
2:07:21 Our Ultimate Problem: “Men Have Forgotten God”
2:10:54 Optimistic or pessimistic about America’s future? Let’s Return to God!
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[@johnbrown4568]

Dr. Meyer is an intellectual in the spirit of an open, objective and honest search for truth.

[@thepraxiscircle]

We couldn't agree more! Glad you appreciated his interview with us.

[@manamanathegreat4986]

'Honest"?!? LOL you definitely don't know Stephen Meyer.

[@zupremo9141]

@@manamanathegreat4986 Stop acting like you know something, you probably majored in under water lesbian basket weaving or something useless like that.

[@manamanathegreat4986]

@@zupremo9141 Lol.... That's right, let the hate and bigotry flow through you and drive those thumbs.

[@CarlMCole]

Long but interesting interview with Meyer. He's an intelligent and well-informed man.

[@tiffanymagee2700]

I love watching Dr. Meyer speak anytime I can! Its always enlightening. He has a beautiful mind!!

[@Reclaimer77]

He's a skilled BS artist I'll give you that.

[@royolstad8532]

I think Meyer is one of the most important figures today in the arena of science intersecting with philosophy

[@manamanathegreat4986]

Now, if he could only do the science part....

[@brandonpatterson5859]

I’m at this point in life where I am searching for answers I started not to watch this when I saw the time on it but I’m glad I did. Thank you for this video it’s like every question were spot on.

[@thepraxiscircle]

Thanks for your comment. We're so glad you decided to stick with it and watch the full interview! Meyer's answers are well worth anyone's time.

[@glennpesti6519]

Keep seeking, and you will find the Lord

[@UniteAgainstEvil]

Liking and commenting in hopes you'll come back and watch the video again ❤

[@jruthbarclay]

Amen!

[@6barphraseheyhey374]

Meyer looks like he's going through some hard things in life here... a lot of sadness in his eyes. Wishing him the best. He's changed my life.

[@petethepeg2]

It's quite possible that he's suffering a very severe migraine attack that affects his speech and eyesight . He has learnt to continue lecturing during these onslaughts as he's determined that they don't prevent him from finishing talks . You'll see him occasionally struggling but he will carry on regardless .

[@howardthompson4844]

He's 67 years old and just ran a 5k that morning for crying out loud!

[@salt6831]

Pretty sure he's really sleepy.

[@salt6831]

I look sad when I'm sleepy lol

[@royolstad8532]

Metaphysical anxiety = divine discontent

[@user-dj7cc7gp7p]

After actually watching it I don’t think he is sad at all . He is probably very busy and super tired he keeps rubbing his eyes and forcing them to stay open lol

[@thefactoryratgenius4659]

He also gets really bad migraines sometimes. :( watched him in a debate with Lawrence krauss and he was able trouble seeing, speaking, and thinking clearly

[@user-dj7cc7gp7p]

Pray got him ! Just in case lol I did .

[@jimbrown1576]

I found a limerick that quite amusingly summarizes Berkeley's philosophy and this gentleman 's KZbin. Note that the term "quad," as an area of land, has historically symbolized colleges and universities in Europe and here in the US. And if you read the Limerick with a slight Irish brogue, you'll be even more amused. Keep in mind that if you don't want to read Berkeley or listen to this gentleman's ideas about intelligent design, these five line stanzas do the work of hundreds of pages of the Bishop and hours of this KZbin. The limerick goes like this. There was a young man who said, God must find it exceedingly odd To think that the tree Should continue to be When there's no one about in the quad. Reply: Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd; I am always about in the quad And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by Yours faithfully, God.

[@tim2muntu954]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This is a cut flower statement. It requires connection to a Creator for validation. (Franklin would have used the word "men" in the sense of humanity). If everyone is created by a common Father, we are all brothers and sisters, loved equally. In a family one child may have Downs Syndrome while another may be a billionaire. The power differential is immaterial to a Being who can speak a Universe into existence. He loves all his children not for their capacities, but because they carry His image.. Hence, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Substitute random materialism and voila, all gone - down to the world of the Marquis deSade - What IS is right. Nature red in tooth and claw. Truth is replaced by power, liberty is replaced by despotism, science and technology are replaced by abject servility. ie. Woke Postmodern Machiavellianism.

[@thepraxiscircle]

Good thoughts! If you're looking for more content, we think you might like our interview with Michael Novak!

[@tim2muntu954]

Will check that out - in the meantime, you have a treasure trove of Roger Scruton I have never seen!! Fixed. I don't think the interviewer needed to be excised - the level of the conversation and Scruton's level of engagement indicated the intelligence of the interview.

[@thepraxiscircle]

@@tim2muntu954 thanks for your feedback, and we appreciate you checking out our other interviews. They are certainly treasure troves full of wisdom!

[@CarlMCole]

Eloquently and accurately stated !

[@manamanathegreat4986]

Can you try to provide a coherent one instead of the same, tired old fallacious ones that have been refuted for years and years? no? Thought not.

[@Melodicblue48]

Meyer is so intelligent, that i cant believe hes not a Jehovah's Witness.

[@user-dj7cc7gp7p]

Maybe that’s why he is a Christian. If you are confused on this point read your bible , pray and seek truth ! Praying for you

[@yuoiyuoi899]

I can't believe that you are serious. Have you just checked out of your mind?

[@Melodicblue48]

He seeks truth. If he did the research, I think he would discover that the JW's have the best understanding of the Bible of other religions. They dont teach false doctrines, but stick to Bible truth, just like the 1st century congregation. I dont think any other christian faiths follows the teachings of Christ more closely then they do. @@yuoiyuoi899

[@salt6831]

Maybe that should tell you something.

[@hiker-uy1bi]

It's much cleaner and requires less unsubstantiated theoretical commitment to posit that the universe arose from natural causes than from a "mind." I prioritize parsimony and reducing theoretical commitments in my metaphysics, so I reject Meyer's theory.