Richard Dawkins was on Facebook the other day, wishing Lawrence Krauss a happy birthday — and in light of the recent sexual nuisance allegations against Krauss, received a fair amount of vitriol in response.

This whole thing is something that's really bugging me... The stuff he's accused of — and has done an iffy and arrogant job of addressing — paints him as a creep with poor respect for women, and from what I can find out, it does appear that the allegations are fairly valid. Frankly, I am so bloody disappointed in the bloke, yet I respect his ability as a teacher and enjoy his work.

People such as Sam Harris and Matt Dullahunty have stood up and said screw the guy — we're never working with him again, but here I am, dithering over separating a person's art from their deeds... There's plenty of folk who have been utter arseholes in their actions, yet have bought great pleasure to others in their output (John Lennon, fr'instance). But if I'm unwilling to shun Krauss and never buy his books again, am I giving some kind of approval to his behaviour?

What about you? Are you ever willing to listen to what he has to say as a teacher? I could do with some more viewpoints to help me inform my own.