Comment by robocat

Smart people say and do dumb stuff, just like everyone.

It is a logical error to think people are not smart because they do or say things that are not smart.

You show your own biases by your opinions on Americans, and by mentioning money at all.

Dawkins was popular elsewhere.

Personally I had no time for his prosyletising (I just ignored it because I dislike religious politicking).

Every few years I read The Selfish Gene and The Extended Phenotype again. Amazing books: to me they indicate he was very very smart. Evolution is difficult to understand and many people misunderstand even the basics.