Ep. 360 Why William Jennings Bryan Knew More Science Than Clarence Darrow
Bob explains his epiphany to resolve what Darrow had in mind during his famous cross-examination of William Jennings Bryan in the famous Scopes Trial. Note this is a follow-up to his prior episode on the trial.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- BMS ep 355, the analysis of the Scopes Monkey Trial.
- The complete transcript of the 1925 Scopes trial.
- The History Channel short on the trial.
- Excerpt from the Civic Biology textbook that Scopes used.
- Bryan’s final statement (that he didn’t get to deliver to the court).
- Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
About the author, Robert
Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.
I don’t know, but I was thinking that Darrow had meant that the kinetic energy contained in the rotating Earth would be converted instantly into heat. Like the way the disc of a disc braking system gets extremely hot if a fast vehicle is made to stop rapidly.
Maybe.