Paul Nelson on Listening to Nature for Her Answers

Episode 1331 June 26, 2020 00:19:23
Paul Nelson on Listening to Nature for Her Answers
Intelligent Design the Future
Paul Nelson on Listening to Nature for Her Answers

Jun 26 2020 | 00:19:23

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, philosopher of science Paul Nelson concludes his talk with host Andrew McDiarmid on what it takes to converse effectively with scientists who are trapped in a naturalistic parabola — that is, researchers who draw their conclusions from naturalism’s authority rather than following the evidence wherever it leads. Nelson urges us to keep the third party in the conversation: Nature herself. We listen to nature through experiment, he says, and warns against the message from scientists such as CalTech’s Sean Carroll who have suggested that testing is “overrated.” If we listen and test, nature can keep revealing herself in surprising ways, says Nelson, which is what makes science so fun.

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