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10 June 2011

PZ Myers: “I compared religion to knitting – a hobby“

Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers discuss life, religion AC Grayling's new university.

By Henrietta Hitchcock

“We come from a culture which values critical thinking,” said biologist PZ Myers last night. In conversation with Richard Dawkins at the Institute of Education, the pair of New Atheists attempted to show that they could demonstrate that quality.

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