[RobbyS]

Given man's proclivity for superstition, one must consider that evolution might be just another one--

Superstitition--an irrational belief that something unrelated to an event influences its outcome."

One thing I know, nothing in "Origin of Species" tells us anything about cosmology, and cosmology precious little about the origin of the universe.

[gcruse]

The differ3ence is that one tests reality, the other assuages existential angst if taken unexamined.