David Berlinski on His New Book Human Nature, Part 1

Episode 1270 November 13, 2019 00:17:17
David Berlinski on His New Book Human Nature, Part 1
Intelligent Design the Future
David Berlinski on His New Book Human Nature, Part 1

Nov 13 2019 | 00:17:17

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, philosopher, mathematician, and Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Berlinski answers questions from Jonathan Witt about Berlinski’s celebrated new book Human Nature. Is evolution carrying us upward to new heights of human goodness, as some have claimed? If not that, then will a computer-connected singularity take us on that upward trajectory, as Yuval Noah Harari argues in Homo Deus? With his famous quick wit, Berlinski says no, and warns of a new “explosion of religion,” but a new religion, one without rational grounding and with a great willingness to punish dissenters.

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