Great Minds with Michael Medved Podcast with In Depth Conversations about Timeless Topics

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Robert J. Marks
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January 17, 2019
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Thinking Outside the Materialist Box | Robert J. Marks II

Robert J. Marks
January 17, 2019
The presumption of materialism lies at the root of much of today's journalism and speculation about the future of artificial intelligence. Indeed, it has generated volumes and volumes of hype. A materialistic understanding of human abilities like consciousness, creativity, love, and freedom produce two corollary errors: an overestimation of the potential of algorithms and a downgrading of those qualities in humans. In this episode of Great Minds, Michael Medved discusses these inherent limitations of artificial intelligence and the prospects that AI will evolve into something like ourselves. Read More ›
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David Gelernter
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January 3, 2019
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Conserving Great Ideas | David Gelernter

David Gelernter
January 3, 2019
To be a conservative, says Yale polymath David Gelernter, is to “give due credit to the ideas that created the civilization we live within.” A simple and beautiful summary. In a new podcast episode of Great Mind with Michael Medved, Dr. Gelernter talks with our host Mr. Medved about the shocking irresponsibility in the failure to introduce young people to the best achievements in thought. They also, however, discuss evidence that our civilization is due for a healthy correction as we “snap out” of the torpor that suppresses consideration of great ideas. If Gelernter is right, there’s reason for optimism. Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks
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December 13, 2018
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Animals, Computers, and Distinctly Human Intelligence | Robert J. Marks II

Robert J. Marks
December 13, 2018
Human intelligence sits between fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side: animal and artificial intelligence. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms. In a wide-ranging conversation, Robert Marks and Michael Medved tackle questions like what it means for something to be not just unknown but “unknowable.” Read More ›
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Michael Medved
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December 6, 2018
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Israel Tour with Michael Medved, Stephen Meyer, and George Gilder

Michael Medved
December 6, 2018
Join Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and nationally-recognized talk show host Michael Medved for a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Israel from September 8-17, 2019. Visit the sites of both modern and ancient Israel as you explore the relationship between faith and science, discover the archeological evidence for Biblical history, investigate the role of entrepreneurship in the development of new technologies, and learn the amazing behind-the-scenes story of how modern Israel has survived against all odds. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer
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October 25, 2018
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Seeing Purpose in the Lives of Washington and Lincoln | Michael Medved with Stephen Meyer

Stephen C. Meyer
October 25, 2018
The focus in this episode of Great Minds with Michael Medved is on a pair of giants, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who dazzle the student of our country’s history with evidence of a special guidance at work at numerous key junctures in their lives. The outcome of two great conflicts, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, seem to have turned, in remarkable ways, upon bizarre providential twists. The consequences have been profound not just for the United States but for the world. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer
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October 11, 2018
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Providence in American History | Michael Medved and Stephen Meyer

Stephen C. Meyer
October 11, 2018
ID is a scientific theory competing with neo-Darwinian evolution, but it’s more than that: a paradigm for understanding human history, especially the history of the United States. In a new podcast episode of Great Minds with Michael Medved, Michael switches places with ID theorist Stephen Meyer to discuss his latest book, The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer
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September 27, 2018
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The Return of the God Hypothesis | Stephen C. Meyer

Stephen C. Meyer
September 27, 2018
Biology reveals evidence of design, Dr. Meyer explains in this conversation with Michael, but it can’t take us very far in identifying the source of that design. Proponents of intelligent design have been clear about that. For an idea about who or what the designer might be, you need to turn to other scientific fields — physics and cosmology — that consider the ultra-finely tuned laws that permit a livable planet in the first place. The awesome design extends from the origin of the universe, down to the tiniest particles. Drawing from physics and cosmology, Meyer sketches the evidence for theism. Read More ›
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Richard Weikart
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September 13, 2018
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Hitler’s Religion | Richard Weikart

Richard Weikart
September 13, 2018
Adolf Hitler is long dead. Nevertheless, his name is still uttered every day as a rhetorical smear. By drawing some parallel to Hitler and the Holocaust, however dubious, many charge others with guilt by association. This unfortunate cultural twitch has even been canonized as Godwin's Law or reductio ad Hitlerum. At the top of the list, Hitler's supposed Christianity is often raised by the critics of religion. But was Hitler a Christian? When you get down to the bottom of it, what’s the truth? Was Hitler in any meaningful sense a “Christian”? Read More ›
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Jay Richards
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June 21, 2018
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Human Computers and Robot Sex | Jay Richards

Jay Richards
June 21, 2018
There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Michael talks with economist Jay Richards about the future of “smart machines,” including sex robots. Dr. Richards, author of the new book The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines, offers a balanced view of what the future holds. Read More ›
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David Gelernter
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June 14, 2018
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Religious Robots and Free Americans | David Gelernter

David Gelernter
June 14, 2018
Of his many specialties, in this episode Michael inquires into David Gelernter's professional preoccupation: artificial intelligence. Gelernter recalls the pioneering role of his father, warns of the perils of letting children be captive to flickering screens, and remarks on whether AI robots can be spiritual seekers. Gelernter also emphasizes the key role of the Judeo-Christian Western tradition in creating a free and idealistic context in which technology is primed to explode. Read More ›

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