Source: Jonathan Pageau via YouTube.com.
Jonathan Pageau: “In this video, I interview Stephen Meyer about evolution, intelligent design, Darwinianism, the advent of the biological information age, and how it changed the debate about the origins of life. We discuss the questions of what life and mind are, and how pattern and mind are part of and participate in creation. A former geophysicist and college professor, Stephen C. Meyer now directs Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He has gained recent popularity about his perspective on evolution and appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast”.
Learn more about Steve’s work and books: https://stephencmeyer.org/
Timestamps:
00:00 – Coming up
01:15 – Intro music
01:39 – Introduction
02:31 – The appearance of intelligent design
05:43 – Fine-tuning and complexity
08:36 – The biological information age
11:58 – Creative constraints
14:36 – Mind and natural selection
17:29 – Functional sequences
23:55 – What is life?
30:20 – Pattern
36:23 – Methodological materialism
41:38 – Panpsychism
45:35 – What is mind?
49:47 – Simulation experiments
56:02 – Media interest
1:02:26 – New atheism
1:07:55 – Emergence
💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com
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N.B. David Klinghoffer, Senior Fellow and Editor at Evolution News writes:
“Under the interview on YouTube there’s a lengthy and notable pinned comment from University of Toronto cognitive scientist John Vervaeke. He takes issue with Dr. Meyer on fine-tuning, Shannon information, Thomas Nagel, and more. Another commenter says, “You have to read The Design Inference by William Dembski, he addresses most of these concerns.” Pageau himself responds to Professor Vervaeke, “How about a three-way discussion with Meyer? I am not a scientist, but I think that could be interesting if we did it in a way that is not too technical.”
Dr. Vervaeke seems to take him up on it, responding to Pageau, “Yes my friend. I texted you about this.” Now that’s a promising idea. I hope it happens.”
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