There seems to be a lot of chatter on the news and the Internet about the candidates’ beliefs about origins. While many in the media are using this as a test of scientific savvy (and a way to discredit people they don’t like), I think there are deeper reasons why the question of origins is important to an election.
In a recent article on the Classical Conversations website, I show how the question of origins relates directly to some of the foundational questions of governance, and how different views affect those questions and outcomes.