In this encore presentation of a Dick Staub Show Interview, we visit with George Smoot soon after he announced his findings confirming the "big bang" theory. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with John C. Mather for "their discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation". This work helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe. According to the Nobel Prize committee, "the COBE-project can also be regarded as the starting point for cosmology as a precision science". He is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2003 he was awarded the Einstein Medal.
Randy Olson is a Harvard trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker whose new documentary Flock of Dodo's is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary controversy over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools. Since the Dodo bird is famous for two things–being dumb and being extinct–being called a dodo is not a good thing. So who are the Dodo's in the evolution and intelligent design debate? Where do we go from here?
Randy Olson is a Harvard trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker whose new documentary Flock of Dodo's is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary controversy over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools. Since the Dodo bird is famous for two things–being dumb and being extinct–being called a dodo is not a good thing. So who are the Dodo's in the evolution and intelligent design debate? Where do we go from here?
Randy Olson is a Harvard trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker whose new documentary Flock of Dodo's is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary controversy over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools. Since the Dodo bird is famous for two things–being dumb and being extinct–being called a dodo is not a good thing. So who are the Dodo's in the evolution and intelligent design debate? Where do we go from here?
Randy Olson is a Harvard trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker whose new documentary Flock of Dodo's is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary debate over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools. Since the Dodo bird is famous for two things–being dumb and being extinct–being called a dodo is not a good thing. So who are the Dodo's in the evolution and intelligent design debate? Where do we go from here?
Randy Olson is a Harvard trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker whose new documentary Flock of Dodo's is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary debate over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools. Since the Dodo bird is famous for two things–being dumb and being extinct–being called a dodo is not a good thing. So who are the Dodo's in the evolution and intelligent design debate? Where do we go from here?
Adrian Wyard of the Counterbalance Foundation and Dr. John West of the Discovery Institute field audience comments and questions as we continue exploring Gary Wolfe's fascinating article on the new atheists in Wired Magazine. Here is an excerpt from his introduction. "This the challenge posed by the New Atheists. We are called upon, we lax agnostics, we noncommittal nonbelievers, we vague deists who would be embarrassed to defend antique absurdities like the Virgin Birth or the notion that Mary rose into heaven without dying, or any other blatant myth; we are called out, we fence-sitters, and told to help exorcise this debilitating curse: the curse of faith. The New Atheists will not let us off the hook simply because we are not doctrinaire believers. They condemn not just belief in God but respect for belief in God. Religion is not only wrong; it's evil. Now that the battle has been joined, there's no excuse for shirking. Three writers have sounded this call to arms. They are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett."
Dr. John West of the Discovery Institute joins Adrian Wyard of the Counterbalance Foundation as we explore Gary Wolfe's fascinating article on the new atheists in Wired Magazine. Here is an excerpt from his introduction. "This the challenge posed by the New Atheists. We are called upon, we lax agnostics, we noncommittal nonbelievers, we vague deists who would be embarrassed to defend antique absurdities like the Virgin Birth or the notion that Mary rose into heaven without dying, or any other blatant myth; we are called out, we fence-sitters, and told to help exorcise this debilitating curse: the curse of faith. The New Atheists will not let us off the hook simply because we are not doctrinaire believers. They condemn not just belief in God but respect for belief in God. Religion is not only wrong; it's evil. Now that the battle has been joined, there's no excuse for shirking. Three writers have sounded this call to arms. They are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett."
Adrian Wyard of the Counterbalance Foundation helps us explore Gary Wolfe's fascinating article on the new atheists in Wired Magazine. Here is an excerpt from his introduction. "This the challenge posed by the New Atheists. We are called upon, we lax agnostics, we noncommittal nonbelievers, we vague deists who would be embarrassed to defend antique absurdities like the Virgin Birth or the notion that Mary rose into heaven without dying, or any other blatant myth; we are called out, we fence-sitters, and told to help exorcise this debilitating curse: the curse of faith. The New Atheists will not let us off the hook simply because we are not doctrinaire believers. They condemn not just belief in God but respect for belief in God. Religion is not only wrong; it's evil. Now that the battle has been joined, there's no excuse for shirking. Three writers have sounded this call to arms. They are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett."
(Over the next few days we'll feature podcasts about faith and science. This week's The Kindlings Muse @ Hales features a spirited discussion by Adrian Wyard and John West about the new atheists–Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. We'll also carry an interview with Randy Olson whose Flock of Dodos is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary controversy over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools.' Today comments by Oxford Professor Alistair McGrath about Dawkin's "God Delusion.") He is a 'psychotic delinquent', invented by mad, deluded people. 55
