[Avodah] psak and rationality

[Eli Turkel]

<The CI held that the Torah was determined during the middle 2
millenia, and any errors in science were siyata diShmaya in producing
the Torah we have. In which case, the poseiq would be correct in
working as if the statement is true even if he knows it isn't.>>

Sounds way too strong to me.
There is a difference between the gemara and modern anatomy about the
urinary and sperm
tubes meeting. The CI answers that nature has changed (hard to believe
but thats another story)
and doesnt simply ignore science and say we work with what the gemara says.
Almost no posek says we should treat a 8 month fetus as mukzah and not
save him/her
on shabbat. So in real life we alwas take modern science into account

Reminds me of a shiur of R. Zilberstein in which he discussed the
gemara that Goliath had 2 fathers
as the sperm entered simultaneously. He was asked that it was against
modern science.
His answer was that modern science only shows that 2 sperm from the
same father can't
simultaneously enter the egg but science doesnt investigate the sperm
from two different
males (again I dont believe his science but thats another story).
So we see he tries to explain that Chazal dont contradict modern
science (it had
practical applications) and not simply say that we work with chazal
even if we know
it isnt true

-- 
Eli Turkel