I'm Aiton Weinstein. And I'm Naor Meninger. And you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

Science and religion. The ultimate standoff. It's hard to imagine two more dichotomous extremes, right?

Well, maybe not. Maybe these age-old rivals have much more

in common than we have been led to believe. Maybe the mythologies that make up religion have

nestled in them some deeper truths. Maybe science is a mythology of its own. Do the two not

ultimately attempt to answer the same underlying questions?

How is the universe created? How did life on earth begin? How does our consciousness work?

What is morality? Regardless of our personal beliefs, it's hard to deny that both science and religion are extremely captivated.

But whereas the mythologies of religion

have been refined to perfection, its stories inducted into sacred canons, crafted into bestsellers,

science has been left to the scientists. The mythologies of science have been and are still being

written in dry, technical, unapproachable language, bereft of any

poetic prose that will both enchant the reader and do justice to the vast knowledge scientists

possess in 2018. This ambitious mission is exactly what it seems, Dr. Orrin Harmon,

took upon himself to accomplish in his new book,

Evolutions, 15 myths that explain our world.

Dr. Harmon is a professor in Barilin University, where he's the chair of the graduate

program in science, technology, and society.

He studied in Harvard and received his PhD with distinction from Oxford University.

His fields of expertise include the history and philosophy of biology, the theory of revolution, the evolution of altruism, the cultural history of science, and much, much more.

Harmon's works have been featured in science, nature, the New York Times, the economist, and many other

honorable platforms. Professor Orrin Harmon joins two nice Jewish boys today to talk about his

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