Stephen C. Meyer Philosopher of Science

Stephen Meyer on Coast to Coast

Stephen Meyer was recently on Coast to Coast with George Noory explaining the arguments in his book, Signature in the Cell, where he discussed the scientific evidence from such fields as biology, physics, chemistry, and cosmology. For three hours, Dr. Meyer explained how these new discoveries have outstripped the Darwinian approach, which never addressed where first life came from. You can listen to the entire show (subscription required) or excerpts (free!) here.

‘That Wild-Haired Man And That Dapper Fellow’- Homing In On The Secret Of Life

Robert Deyes continues his examinition of SITC over at Uncommon Descent.  “Watson, with his wild hair and perfect willingness to throw off work for a Hedy Lamarr film, and Crick, a dapper and no longer especially young fellow who couldn’t seem to close the deal on his dissertation”(p.59). These are the uninspiring words that Stephen Meyer uses to describe the two men who would ultimately unravel the structure of DNA and thus ring in the molecular biology revolution.  With the chemical composition of DNA sufficiently well established, the world of science appeared poised for a major shake-up in its understanding of heredity. Still, the road of discovery up until that time had been anything but a ‘walk in the park’. While Read More ›

Stephen Meyer Interviewed by Greg Koukl

From Uncommon Descent: Greg Koukl of Stand To Reason interviewed Steve Meyer yesterday on Greg’s radio show. The interview (actually more of a dialog) was extremely comprehensive, although it was primarily centered around Meyer’s new book, Signature in the Cell. Greg is extremely bright and articulate, as is Steve, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the exchange. You can listen to the interview here.

New Video Shows DNA Evidence for Intelligent Design

A new video, Journey Inside The Cell, launched today a dramatically illustrates the evidence for intelligent design within DNA, as described in Stephen C. Meyer’s book, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne 2009). The original animation by Light Productions reveals in intricate detail how the digital information in DNA directs protein synthesis inside the cell, revealing a world of molecular machines and nano-processors communicating digital information. “This video is going to make things worse for critics of intelligent design,” Dr. Meyer explains. “They will have more difficulty convincing the public that their eyes are deceiving them when the evidence for design literally unfolds before them in this animation.”  Narrated by Meyer, the video is a short tour Read More ›

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Signatures of Minds

Over at Telicthoughts.com the discussion of Signature in the Cell continues with an interesting post from “Bradford.” Being the good professor that he no doubt is Olegt inspired me to address this objection. There are some misconceptions about refutations of Paley’s watch argument. Paley’s watch served as a metaphor for life centuries ago at a time when our understanding of life and our technology was considerably less advanced. Our understanding of life extends to life’s basic unit — the cell — and its components. Cells are able to replicate themselves and if one chooses a metaphor it ought to be one able to explain this phenomenon. Meyer identifies the cellular property that is required to explain not just cellular replication but an ability to Read More ›

“This book is transformative.”

Louis Pasteur did to Félix Pouchet’s spontaneous generation what Stephen Meyer is about to do to Charles Darwin’s evolution. Pasteur proclaimed victory in his Sorbonne Lecture of 1864; Meyer’s proclamation of victory over materialism now comes in 2009 with his Signature in the Cell. This book is transformative. Michael A. FlanneryAuthor of Alfred Russel Wallace’s Theory of Intelligent EvolutionProfessor and Associate Director for Historical CollectionsUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham