Richard Dawkins...

[fpb]

...shows the nobility of his character and the excellence of his mind. And people are surprised.

As I said in a number of places: a man whom you have idolized for his insulting, arrogant, insensitive, ignorant, threatening behaviour to those who disagreed with him - turned out to be insulting, arrogant, insensitive, ignorant and threatening towards someone who disagreed with him. And you are surprised.

Gee whiz. The logic of science.