After reading Jamin Villarreal's letter "Scientists base claims on faith, too" (SN 1/15), I am left to wonder how a person, who believes a cat could become a fish and that evolutionary theory applies to motorcycles, could possibly be in a position to comment on the concept of logic.

If all people were to automatically dismiss scientific theories before they even have a chance to learn about them, the state of learning in the world would grind to a halt. The fact of the matter is that evolution is not illogical; it was derived on the whole from scientific method and observation. Creationism relies on ignoring this body of knowledge, opting instead to rely on an archaic, unverifiable, totally unscientific book which has developed without any known regard for accuracy.

While it is certainly inappropriate to say that religion is somehow wrong, it should certainly be kept separate from legitimate scientific research. Progress would be difficult to achieve if we simply ignored science because it disagreed with our own personal faiths as to whether the earth revolves around the sun.

James Hook
no-preference freshman