Rabbi Zamek drashes on the selection of species to be included in the Ark, commenting that if most of us had a choice, we would have excluded certain life forms, such as leeches or cockroaches. As he states, this perspective reflects only our own personal interests, without considering the well-being of the entire world that was created.
Rabbi Barenblat composes a beautiful poem on the theme of understanding.
Rabbi Sacks compares the morality in the Flood narrative to Games theory. He cites The Prisoner’s Dilemma, a model invented in 1950, demonstrating that cooperation produces a better outcome for both parties. He carries this discussion forward to ultimately demonstrate that the first moral principle in the Torah is the first moral principle to be scientifically demonstrated.