I certainly applaud what Nye was trying to do there. However, was there not a better "champion" available for the gig? I understand that the audience wasn't a room full of post-docs, but this was a fairly high-profile debate (saw it on TV, /r/atheism has been talking about it a while, etc). Was there not a celeb with evolutionary biology credentialling available? Greg Graffin maybe? I just found it difficult to take him seriously given the goofy things he does on his show.
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