Moon bounces, bad spider leaders and more reader feedback

Untangling the faith debate

In “A biologist takes aim at religion” (SN: 7/11/15, p. 27), Bruce Bower reviewed Faith vs. Fact, a book arguing that real knowledge about the universe comes from science, not spirituality. 

A number of readers wrote in to challenge one particular line from the review: “If religion is irrational, it should have been eradicated through natural selection among Stone Age folk.”