On Robin Williams's Death, a Revealing Dispute Between Atheist-Evolutionist Spokesmen

At Why Evolution Is True, evolutionary atheist Jerry Coyne is disgusted -- rightly -- by comments from his evolutionary atheist colleague PZ Myers on Robin Williams's tragic suicide. Writing at Pharyngula, Myers seems to think Williams's death is noteworthy not as a source of heartbreak for millions who loved his art, but as a suspiciously convenient distraction from racial violence in St. Louis.

Says Professor Coyne:

This is one of the most contemptible and inhumane things I've ever seen pos...