<p>My understanding was that that article had been written by PZ Myers. The fact that it wasn’t is good news for him because it’s a horrible, close minded and, as another poster noted, bitter piece.</p>
<p>Starting up a blog and writing whatever you want on it is your business. I have no problem with that. Attempting to block students with different views than your own, no matter how wild you may think those views may be, from attending a certain grad program is regressive and wrong, period. That’s certainly not the way to insure that academic debate continues in this country.</p>
<p>My problem with Myers and (much, much moreso) people like Dawkins is that they don’t see their worldview as one opinion amongst many. They see it as the only acceptable view and cling to it with a fanaticism that rivals that shown by the horribly misguided Evangelical right and other groups who trumpet their view of a six thousand year old earth. I’m not saying Myers and Dawkins have their science wrong (although their arguments for the nonexistence of God are any many cases beyond half baked) but they are certainly far from welcoming of views that may be different from their own.</p>