Nothing comes from nothing, science really does teach us. So what is the source of the vast, unthinkably elaborate information required to build even single-celled organisms, much less to innovate thousands of ever more rococo creatures, culminating with man? Klinghoffer’s book addresses such questions, popularizing the work of biologist and mathematician Richard Sternberg, who points to an immaterial, theist, Platonist source: the Logos. (Sternberg, some might remember, was ousted from the Smithsonian Institution for daring to publish a single erudite, peer-reviewed article that hinted at support for Intelligent Design. The Darwinist inquisition is much more ruthless and effective than the Spanish version ever was.)
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