"It's obvious that in an intelligent educated audience such as this university, I stress this university. Who saw fit to give them accreditation?"
About Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin.
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