October 4, 2006 5:58PM # Debating Darwin By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) --- SHARE Michael Shermer, a leading skeptic and bestselling author, will [speak at Cato](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3184) on October 12 on his new book, [Why Darwin Matters: The Case against Intelligent Design.](http://www.amazon.com/Why-Darwin-Matters-Against-Intelligent/dp/0805081216) Providing highly critical commentary will be Jonathan Wells, author of *The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design.* Shermer, once a creationist himself, argues that evolutionary theory is the foundation of modern biology. He concludes, “Darwin matters because evolution matters. Evolution matters because science matters. And I liked this line: “Of the three intellectual giants of that epoch–Darwin, Marx, and Freud–only Darwin is still relevant for the simple reason that his theory was right.” [Join us next Thursday](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3184), or watch it on the web. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).