VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1365769604|CONTENT|You’re spot on about his pomposity, Jez, especially when he’s discussing science. They’re right these scientists, he says, as if he is giving them permission to be right. Their theory is consistent with the experiments, it makes accurate predictions, AND the Chief Rabbi has checked it’s OK with his big book! A triple whammy of verification! This TFTD was just like that – IVF is great not because it’s just great, but BECAUSE the Jewish faith says it’s great. 

I think sometimes the best riposte to him would be to point out that it makes no difference whatsoever whether he agrees with the science or not. It is another of those cases where the science is right if Sacks agrees with it, and the science is right if Sacks disagrees with it. His TFTD contributions feel like someone asking Katie Price for her opinion of Quantum Theory.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.138, 217.36.222.79, 10.37.37.204|MODERATIONFLAG|