[Avodah] metzitza be'peh

[Ben Waxman]

This is an old question. I remember hearing a shiyur on the subject of 
what to do when the conclusions of scientific evidence point to 
something that differs from the talmud? The rav dealt with the question 
of mamzerim and how certain poskim wouldn't even accept blood tests that 
proved conclusively that the baby couldn't be the husband's. And this 
type of question started long before blood tests were around.

Ben

On 3/29/2012 4:45 PM, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
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> -------  i wonder if this has implications on the issue of  chazal, 
> science , and metzius. i am not  sure that there is any level of 
> scientific  data [eg DNA typing of the viral cultures] that could 
> change such a posek's opinion ---even if it rises to the level of 
> 'beyond a reasonable doubt'  [jury]  standards.

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