I may be Christian, but I'm not superstitious, GREGORY STEELMAN, Chichester - Letter - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301

Nog 'n bydrae tot die debat rondom geloof en wetenskap.

I have seen several letters to the editor from people who claim to be rational and scientific in their thinking. They seem to equate anyone who does not swallow the theory of evolution with medicine men or superstitious magical thinkers.

Science is defined as the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

If I understand evolutionary theory correctly, it is in brief a selection of the fittest species through random variation over time. Consider that given enough monkeys, enough typewriters and enough time one could eventually find the complete works of Shakespeare in what was randomly hammered out. Imagining this scenario one would expect to wade through incredible volumes of paper not Shakespeare to get to the jewel produced by random chance.