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The Intelligent Design of Sleep

8/7/2026 • 21 min

We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important, but many of us aren't sure exactly why. Why is sleep so crucial to survival? And how did the processes of sleep emerge in living things? Could a gradual Darwinian process be responsible, or are the systems involved another instance of intelligent design? On t… Play episode

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Critique a Materialist Theory of Consciousness
Enjoy a Reading From the Landmark Book Darwin’s Black Box
Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”
Why Aliens Won’t Solve the Origin of Life on Earth
Signs of Intelligence: ID, Evolution, and the Search for Alien Life
Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”
High School Science That Teaches an ID Perspective? Yes, Please!
Stephen Meyer & Piers Morgan: The Story of Everything
Why Human Cognition Remains Unique
How Modern Science Resolves the Dilemma Over Evolution
Creation vs. Evolution: Re-evaluating a Catholic Dilemma
As Neo-Darwinism Fails, Vitalism Makes a Comeback
Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason
The Anchor of Reason: Beyond Naturalism and Materialism
What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds
Algorithms vs Souls: The Use of AI in Global Missions
Take a Tour of the Cell in an Incredible Shrinking Submarine!
Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets
Beyond DNA: Evidence for Intelligent Design at the Frontier of Biology
DNA’s Partner in the Dance of Life
The Evaporating Promise of AGI: An Economist’s View
Stephen Meyer: New Ways to Stream and Share The Story of Everything
Still Zero: Why New Fossil Finds Don’t Solve Cambrian Explosion Mystery
Comedian Evan Sayet on the Failure of the Atheist Origin Myth
How Muscle Function Demonstrates Nested Irreducible Complexity
The Genius-Level Engineering Solutions in Muscle
Dr. Scott Minnich on the Real Science Behind E. coli “Evolution”
A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype
Aliens Would Only Strengthen the Case for Intelligent Design
A Microbiologist’s Journey to Intelligent Design
Testing the Truth: Nancy Pearcey on Worldview and Reality
Why the Human Body Outperforms the Best Human Engineering
The Story of a Self-Taught Maverick Scientist
Rebutting Multiverses, Meta Laws, and Other Materialist Answers to Fine-Tu…
Defending Fine-Tuning: How to Respond to Common Objections
Strategic Design: A Fighter Pilot on Military Readiness and Excellence
How to Restore Sanity to Scientific Debates
Reclaiming Common Sense in a Pandemic of Lunacy
The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory
How Changing Your Mind Can Physically Alter Your Brain
Composing the Cosmos: Scoring The Story of Everything
The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution
Using the Logic of Surprise to Infer Cosmic Design
Finding God Through Science: Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander
Michael Denton: How the Universe is Uniquely Fit for Life
Why Neo-Darwinism Can’t Take the Credit for Design of Life
Biologists: Cell is Factory Complex of Engineered Design
Mirror Neurons, Consciousness, and an Irreducible Self
Physicist Brian Miller on The Story of Everything

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