Dr. Stephen Meyer ; Cambridge PhD, New York Times bestselling author, and the world's leading voice for intelligent design joins Mind Pump to lay out the scientific case for God. Not from faith, not from scripture, but from the hard data of physics, cosmology, and molecular biology. He covers: Einstein's hidden attempt to eliminate a cosmic beginning (and why he called it the greatest blunder of his life), the fine-tuning of the cosmological constant to one part in ten to the 90th power, why the Cambrian Explosion appears suddenly with no transitional ancestors, how DNA's digital code points to a programmer the same way any other information points to a mind, walking motor proteins and rotary engines inside living cells that look exactly like machines we design, and why the multiverse doesn't actually solve the fine-tuning problem it just moves it one level back. Meyer also shares his own story: a broken leg at 14, months of existential panic, and a journey from near-atheism to becoming the leading scientific defender of intelligent design. His documentary The Story of Everything is in theaters April 30–May 6, 2026. 👤 ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute in Seattle. He is a New York Times bestselling author of three landmark books — Signature in the Cell, Darwin's Doubt, and Return of the God Hypothesis — and has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. His newest work inspired the documentary The Story of Everything, in theaters April 30–May 6, 2026 (Fathom Entertainment). Meyer is widely regarded as the leading scientific voice for intelligent design in the world today. Documentary 🎬 The Story of Everything — In theaters nationwide April 30–May 6, 2026 via Fathom Entertainment. Based on Meyer's book Return of the God Hypothesis. Featuring Peter Thiel, John Lennox, Lee Strobel, and others. Find tickets at https://FathomEntertainment.com Stephen Meyer's Books 📖 Return of the God Hypothesis — The scientific case for a personal God (Meyer's most recent and most comprehensive) 📖 Darwin's Doubt — The Cambrian Explosion and the case for intelligent design (NYT Bestseller) 📖 Signature in the Cell — DNA and the evidence for intelligent design (Times of London Book of the Year) Sponsors & Links 🔗 Eight Sleep — AI-powered sleep cooling/warming system: https://eightsleep.com/mindpump — $350 off the Pod 5 Ultra with code MINDPUMP 🔗 MAPS Push Pull Legs (NEW) — Men & women's versions, 40% off: https://mapsppl.com with code PPL Find Us 📲 Instagram: @MindPumpMedia 💻 Programs, coaching & more: https://MindPumpMedia.com 00:00:00 Stephen Meyer's Background & Natural Theology 00:02:18 When Science & Faith Split 00:05:04 Darwin, Marx, Freud & the Materialist Takeover 00:06:22 The God Hypothesis Is Coming Back 00:07:08 The Big Bang & the Expanding Universe 00:09:25 Einstein's Greatest Blunder 00:15:41 Fine-Tuning: The Universe on a Razor's Edge 00:18:52 Fred Hoyle: The Atheist Who Named the Big Bang — Then Changed His Mind 00:20:57 Why Time Doesn't Save the Odds 00:22:31 The Multiverse Argument — Does It Work? 00:28:34 DNA: More Complex Than Any Software Ever Written 00:30:48 The Information Problem — Code Always Comes from a Mind 00:33:20 The Cambrian Explosion 00:37:51 Why Mutations Can't Change Body Plans 00:44:38 Is Intelligent Design Falsifiable? 00:46:50 Junk DNA: The Prediction That Came True 00:49:39 Rotary Engines & Machines Inside Living Cells 00:54:27 The Microsoft Programmer's Eerie Discovery 00:57:51 Scientists Who Changed Their Mind About God 00:59:24 Stephen Meyer's Personal Story 01:06:01 How He Became Convinced — Then Didn't Want It to Be True 01:12:34 The Infinite Universe Debate 01:17:24 Quantum Physics & the Double-Slit Experiment 01:23:38 Why Scientists Resist a Designer 01:27:53 Is the Simulation Theory Just Intelligent Design? 01:28:59 Does the Bible Teach a Young Earth? 01:33:05 Does Genesis Match Modern Cosmology? 01:36:49 Is Interest in Intelligent Design Growing? 01:41:20 Science Without Morality — Where That Road Leads