Dawkins on TVO

Steve Paikin interviewed Richard Dawkins earlier this week. While I generally love the show, this one was underwhelming. Dawkins was, as usual, amiable, patient and startlingly lucid. Paikin was not his usual self, and spent far too much time probing Dawkins on whether he was sufficiently tolerant of and considerate to religionists (other critics were far less forgiving). The panel that followed was – for what it was – unmitigated nonsense. As a contrast to Dawkins’ lucidity and erudition, though, it was a delight.