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On this episode of ID the Future, <\/strong>biochemist and author Michael Denton tells host Eric Anderson more about his new book The Miracle of the Cell<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>and about his epiphany when he recognized the many remarkable ways that nature\u2019s chemistry is fine-tuned for life. The focus in this conversation is on carbon chemistry and its \u201cgoldilocks zone\u201d ability to form stable bonds but let loose of them when needed. Whereas biologists once wondered about a vitalist \u201clife force\u201d in the cell, Denton sees intelligence and foresight in the very design of carbon, its unique properties, and its \u201ccoincidental\u201d relation to water. According to Denton, all of this, taken together, constitutes \u201cone of nature\u2019s most remarkable examples of nature\u2019s fitness for life on earth.\u201d Carbon\u2019s suite of life-friendly features, he says, is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms–everything from the smallest bacterium to the tallest tree, and you and me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this episode of ID the Future, biochemist and author Michael Denton tells host Eric Anderson more about his new book The Miracle of the Cell, and about his epiphany when he recognized the many remarkable ways that nature\u2019s chemistry is fine-tuned for life. The focus in this conversation is on carbon chemistry and its \u201cgoldilocks zone\u201d ability to form stable bonds but let loose of them when needed. Whereas biologists once wondered about a vitalist \u201clife force\u201d in the cell, Denton sees intelligence and foresight in the very design of carbon, its unique properties, and its \u201ccoincidental\u201d relation to water. According to Denton, all of this, taken together, constitutes \u201cone of nature\u2019s most remarkable examples of nature\u2019s fitness for Read More ›<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":39029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/IDTF-1370-MichaelDenton-Miracle-carbon-fitness.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"286219","podmotor_episode_id":"260734","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:18:52","filesize":"10.9 mb","filesize_raw":"11426939","date_recorded":"2020-10-20","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1370","itunes_title":"Michael Denton\u2019s Epiphany about Nature\u2019s Fitness for Life","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2014,3480,3483,233,623,3481,3096,3479,2023,3482,1467,3356,3478,1955],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-39021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-astrobiology","tag-carbon-chemistry","tag-carbon-compounds","tag-carbon-based-life","tag-fine-tuning","tag-friedrich-wohler","tag-intelligent-agency","tag-organic-chemistry","tag-seti","tag-silicon-life","tag-teleology","tag-the-miracle-of-the-cell","tag-the-wonder-of-water","tag-vitalism","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Michael Denton"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/human-cell-anatomy-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/39021\/1370.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39021\/1370.mp3","audio_player":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39021\/1370.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"

Michael Denton\u2019s Epiphany about Nature\u2019s Fitness for Life<\/a><\/blockquote>