"At first glance, the question seems simple enough, especially since the concepts are straightforward and the terms familiar. But this apparent simplicity is deceptive, and to address the question properly requires clarity of language and careful definition of terms."
Cool heads do not always prevail, even when it comes to science. This week, we share telling tales and impassioned dialogue around the subject of evolution.
Rebbe Quote
Changing Horses in Mid-Stream "It is intellectually dishonest to adopt certain truth criteria when convenient, and drop them when not. Therefore, it is assumed that anyone seeking proof is doing so not merely for the sake of intellectual exercise and gratification, but with the intention of living by his conclusions." - The Rebbe, Mind Over Matter, p.8 Read More >>
Readers Write
Debating Darwin Our recent Evolution issue was a lightning rod for comment. Here we post 3: Some banter with a Dawkins dilettante, a remarkable letter from a doctor to his kid’s tutor, and a plea to the rabbinic establishment for a sane approach to science. Read More >>
Featured Article
If He’s Right, She’s Also Right Like a well-trained sniper, the university professor struck down the Darwinian demigod in a forty-minute barrage of air-tight facts and arguments, to the amazement of all. All, that is, except Morley Steinberg. “Are you going to take this lying down?” – first person tale out of school by Arnie Gotfryd. Read More >>
Worldly Wisdom
Back to the Drawing Board “All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel that it is too complex to have evolved anywhere.” - Nobel Prize-winning Chemist Harold Urey (1962), famous for his leading role in recreating the building blocks of life from inorganic matter. Read More >>
Humor
Inside Darwin's House Scientists and historians, using backwards extrapolation from documentary evidence (and a corny sense of humor), have reconstructed the following episode from the early childhood of the father of Evolution. Read More >>
