Darwin’s Heretic
Did the Co-Founder of Evolution Embrace Intelligent Design? View at YouTubeOne of the most renowned biologists of the nineteenth century, Alfred Russel Wallace shares credit with Charles Darwin for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection. Yet one part of Wallace’s remarkable life and career has been completely ignored: His embrace of intelligent design. Darwin’s Heretic is a 21-minute documentary that explores Wallace’s fascinating intellectual journey and how it sheds light on current debates. The documentary features University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor Michael Flannery, author of the acclaimed biography, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life.
Flannery’s riveting tale of rediscovery provides convincing new evidence that Alfred Russel Wallace… supported an argument from design for all forms of life which in many ways, anticipated modern intelligent design thinking.
Philip K. Wilson, Professor of Humanities and Science, Technology & Society, Penn State College of Medicine