Why the PZ myers affair is really, really bad for science

Here's something interesting why the PZ myers affair is really, really bad for science.

http://scienceblogs.com/framing-scie...air_is_rea.php

The simplistic and unscientific claim that more knowledge leads to less religion might be the particular delusion of Dawkins, Myers, and many others, but it is by no means the official position of science, though they often implicitly claim to speak for science. Nor does it stand up to mounds of empirical evidence about the complex relationship between science literacy and public perceptions.