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On today\u2019s ID the Future,<\/strong> Miracle of Man<\/a><\/em> author and biologist Michael Denton continues his conversation with host Eric Anderson. Here Denton does a rapid flyover of several more anthropic \u201ccoincidences\u201d in chemistry, biochemistry, and Earth science that are fine tuned to allow air-breathing, bipedal, technology-developing terrestrial creatures like ourselves to exist and thrive. The fine tuning, what Denton calls anthropic prior fitness<\/em>, would seem to require foresight and planning on literally a cosmic scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wide-ranging conversation, the final one in a four-part series, gives a flavor for the breadth\u2014if not the depth and richness\u2014of Denton\u2019s new book from Discovery Institute Press, available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On today\u2019s ID the Future, Miracle of Man author and biologist Michael Denton continues his conversation with host Eric Anderson. Here Denton does a rapid flyover of several more anthropic \u201ccoincidences\u201d in chemistry, biochemistry, and Earth science that are fine tuned to allow air-breathing, bipedal, technology-developing terrestrial creatures like ourselves to exist and thrive. The fine tuning, what Denton calls anthropic prior fitness, would seem to require foresight and planning on literally a cosmic scale. The wide-ranging conversation, the final one in a four-part series, gives a flavor for the breadth\u2014if not the depth and richness\u2014of Denton\u2019s new book from Discovery Institute Press, available here.","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":40516,"comment_status":"closed","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\/9c509bba-96ad-4053-a993-f6364b5ef685-IDTF-1609-MichaelDenton-MoM4.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"994497","podmotor_episode_id":"1156629","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:25:07","filesize":"16.8 mb","filesize_raw":"17661909","date_recorded":"2022-06-08 07:35:21","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1609","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5538,5550,3441,4720,5554,2215,3308,233,5543,4101,5542,3409,5553,535,5549,5548,4598,5547,3521,5539,5545,5544,3180,5540,5555,989,3357,1027,5546,5537,1146,5551,5552,1185,3362,5541,3390,5434,5436,4724,3398],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-40564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aerobic-reaction","tag-air-breathing-organisms","tag-anthropocentrism","tag-atmospheric-fine-tuning","tag-atmospheric-gases","tag-atp","tag-carbon","tag-carbon-based-life","tag-combustion","tag-earth-like-planets","tag-earths-atmosphere","tag-electromagnetic-spectrum","tag-electron-transport-chains","tag-enzymes","tag-exotic-bacteria","tag-extra-solar-planets-2","tag-extra-terrestrial-life","tag-fermentation","tag-fine-tuning-2","tag-fire","tag-glycolysis","tag-glycolytic-pathway","tag-hemoglobin","tag-hydrogen","tag-infrared-radiation","tag-metabolism","tag-michael-denton","tag-mitochondria","tag-nonreactivity-of-oxygen","tag-oxidation-of-carbon","tag-oxygen","tag-oxygen-rich-atmosphere","tag-photochemistry","tag-photosynthesis","tag-prior-fitness","tag-respiration","tag-sunlight","tag-the-miracle-of-man","tag-transition-metals","tag-transparent-atmosphere","tag-visible-light","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Michael Denton"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/05\/Miracle-of-Man.png","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\/40564\/1609.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40564\/1609.mp3","audio_player":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/40564\/1609.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"

The Miracle of Man: Extraordinary \u201cCoincidences\u201d All the Way Down<\/a><\/blockquote>