{"id":42471,"date":"2024-09-13T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=42471"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:59:27","slug":"1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1954\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this episode of <strong>ID the Future<\/strong> from the vault, we bring you the second of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old, and we\u2019re sharing these conversations in tribute to his significant contributions to the evolution debate. Host Ira Berkowitz interviews Dr. Spetner in Jerusalem. Together they explore key arguments from Spetner\u2019s books <em>Not by Chance<\/em> and <em>The Evolution Revolution<\/em>. 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