Funny, but I was in the camp with the rest of the human race that funds education in order to improve society. Or to use the day to day term, have people in jobs who can tie their own shoe laces. Improvement of the mind is a wonderful legacy to bestow on your offspring, but I think tax payers deserve an educated workforce out of the deal as well.

Oh, and we must be getting people mixed up. I thought it was Richard Dawkin, the genetic scientist who has used his knowledge to further genetics and in doing so has posed fundamental theories to very fundamental questions. This Dawkin debates endlessly, even with religious leaders.... Who is this one "pretending to be a scientist?"