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Chatting with Biologist Richard Sternberg About a Formative Intellectual Experience

Biologist Richard Sternberg stops by Discovery’s office.

Posted by Center for Science & Culture on Wednesday, December 6, 2017


Our biologist colleague Richard Sternberg chatted with me today on Facebook Live about a formative intellectual experience for him — an encounter with theoretical biologist Robert Rosen and his work. Rejecting “knee-jerk” reductionism in biology, as Rosen did, was a crucial step for Dr. Sternberg in his own evolution in the direction of intelligent design theory. Sternberg emphasizes that Rosen himself did not take that step. But let him tell his own story!

David Klinghoffer

Senior Fellow and Editor, Evolution News
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Science Today, the daily voice of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, reporting on intelligent design, evolution, and the intersection of science and culture. Klinghoffer is also the author of six books, a former senior editor and literary editor at National Review magazine, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Commentary, and other publications. Born in Santa Monica, California, he graduated from Brown University in 1987 with an A.B. magna cum laude in comparative literature and religious studies. David lives near Seattle, Washington, with his wife and children.

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