Now the Rest of the Story: Darwin, Wallace, Lyell, and an Overruling Intelligence

Episode 1114 April 18, 2018 00:17:44
Now the Rest of the Story: Darwin, Wallace, Lyell, and an Overruling Intelligence
Intelligent Design the Future
Now the Rest of the Story: Darwin, Wallace, Lyell, and an Overruling Intelligence

Apr 18 2018 | 00:17:44

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, Michael Flannery, historian of science and emeritus professor from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses a little known dustup among Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the great geologist Charles Lyell. Wallace, the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, eventually concluded that an overruling intelligence must be involved in the history of life. Scandalized, Darwin wrote to Lyell seeking support for his purely materialistic account of evolution. Lyell’s response may surprise you.

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