# Stephen C. Meyer Topic: [[Topics/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate|Intelligent Design and Origins Debate]] - **Role:** director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Seattle, which he co-founded with John G. West in 1996 ([intelligentdesign.org FAQ](https://intelligentdesign.org/faq/)). - **Background:** - BA in physics and earth science, Whitworth College, 1981. - Geophysicist with ARCO, 1981–1985. - PhD in philosophy of science, University of Cambridge. - Former college professor at Whitworth ([stephencmeyer.org](https://stephencmeyer.org/about/)). - **Books:** - *Signature in the Cell* (2009) - *Darwin's Doubt* (2013; his books page says 2014 ⚠️) - *Return of the God Hypothesis* (2021), all HarperOne - **Criticism:** see [[Topics/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate/People/Charles R. Marshall|Charles R. Marshall]]'s *Science* review. His 2004 journal paper was repudiated by the publishing society's council (see [[Topics/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate/People/Richard Sternberg|Richard Sternberg]]). - **On X:** [[Users/@StephenCMeyer/@StephenCMeyer|@StephenCMeyer]], run by staff. Only posts signed "~S" are his own. - **Appears in:** [[Users/@StephenCMeyer/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - StephenCMeyer on IntelligentDesign.org and the Growing Number of Scientists Claim (2026-10-24)|Oct 24, 2026 post analysis]]