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Science & Suspense: Geoffrey Simmons Talks Oppenheimer’s Demon

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Geoffrey Simmons
August 24, 2026
Have you ever read a book wherein both the origin and end of man hang in the balance? That’s a rare combination that comes together in a new disaster thriller novel now available from Discovery Institute Press. On this ID The Future, DI Press executive editor and CSC senior fellow Jonathan Witt takes a turn at the hosting mic as he welcomes medical doctor, disaster preparedness expert, and novelist Geoffrey Simmons to discuss his latest book Oppenheimer’s Demon. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

Why AI and Darwinian Theory Share the Same Computational Limits

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Winston Ewert
August 21, 2026
Today’s episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. On this episode of Mind Matters News, guest host Pat Flynn welcomes Dr. Winston Ewert to the show to discuss Ewert’s chapter in the volume Minding the Brain.  In his contribution, titled “The Human Mind’s Sophisticated Algorithm and Its Implications,” Dr. Ewert argues that the human mind’s problem-solving cognition can be modeled as a sophisticated algorithm. Ewert explains that any cognitive task can be expressed as a version of the halting problem from computer science, where an algorithm either halts or continues infinitely. He suggests that humans are able to solve a large and sophisticated subset of these problems, but are limited in the same way that no algorithm can solve all halting problems. Ewert contends that this algorithmic view of human cognition has implications that challenge reductive materialist and neo-Darwinian views, despite resistance from some thinkers who believe human abilities transcend any algorithm.

Race Against the Clock: Geoff Simmons Reads From Oppenheimer’s Demon

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Geoffrey Simmons
August 19, 2026
There are many books written by intelligent design scientists and scholars that explore the scientific evidence for intelligent design and the debate over evolution. But a new book published by Discovery Institute Press manages to be concerned with “both the origin and the end of man” in the same book! On this ID The Future, distinguished physician, successful novelist, and disaster preparedness expert Geoffrey Simmons is going to read to us a few scenes from his new thriller novel Oppenheimer’s Demon.

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The Story Behind Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe

Michael J. Behe
August 3, 2026

Thirty years ago, biochemist Michael Behe sparked a worldwide debate over Darwinian evolution by publishing his book Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. This video tells the story behind the writing of this landmark book, which fundamentally changed the debate over Darwin.

Michael Behe Was Right: Darwin’s Black Box at 30

John G. West
August 2, 2026

August 2, 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by biochemist Michael Behe. This landmark book posed a frontal challenge to Neo-Darwinian evolution from a mainstream scientist and helped change the course of scientific history. In this new conversation with Discovery Institute Vice President John West, Dr. Behe discusses how his ideas have stood the test of time.

Endowed with an Ultimate Body

Stuart Burgess
July 6, 2026
2026 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

Stuart Burgess, an award-winning engineer, argues that biological systems surpass even the best human engineering. As detailed in his book, the human body exhibits “Ultimate Engineering” that operates at near-perfect physical limits. Using examples like synovial fluid, the human foot, and the heart, Burgess explains how biological performance far exceeds human technology and cannot be explained by evolutionary processes.

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The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being.

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What if the Brain Is a Filter?

The idea would provides insight into one of the most significant characteristics of near-death experiences, the extraordinary lucidity that experiencers report.

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Fine-Tuning

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Why AI Won’t Replace Us Spiritually

AI systems increasingly resemble human intelligence. But resemblance alone does not make them image bearers. It cannot. AI systems do not represent God.

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Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways.

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A Mind Behind the Universe?

Joel Kotkin points to a recent conference that brought together top engineers, mathematicians, and scientists to discuss the “new synergy.”

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On the Origin of Our New Name

First, the conversation delves into the site’s launch in December 2004, when the modern intelligent design movement and the Internet were both relatively new.

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