The recent uproar at the revelation that “10%” of Britons are creationists who deny the theory of evolution (according to the BBC), and the outrage following the suggestion by Michael Reiss, education director of the Royal Society and an ordained Church of England clergyman, that creationism be taught in British schools, has prompted much indignant and (secular) self righteous response. This can especially be found in the pages of the ‘high brow’ press, where proud rationalists and public intellectuals complain that science lacks the respect it deserves.