I never did. However, I did talk to Governor’s School friends later on about Dr. Bob, and they had the same impression that I did—that he did not like the idea of unfounded faith but had to be careful about how he addressed that to an audience in a state with a lot of fundamentalists willing to get people fired for saying the wrong things about religion.
Did you eventually find out if this sort of realisation was what Dr. Bob had been hoping to trigger all along?
I never did. However, I did talk to Governor’s School friends later on about Dr. Bob, and they had the same impression that I did—that he did not like the idea of unfounded faith but had to be careful about how he addressed that to an audience in a state with a lot of fundamentalists willing to get people fired for saying the wrong things about religion.