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PZ Myers (Paul Zachary Myers) was born on 9 March, 1957 in Kent, Washington, U.S., is an American biologist (born 1957). Discover PZ Myers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

Popular As Paul Zachary Myers
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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 9 March 1957
Birthday 9 March
Birthplace Kent, Washington, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor.

1957

Paul Zachary Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biologist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science blog.

He is associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) where he works in the field of developmental biology.

He is a critic of intelligent design and the creationist movement and other pseudoscientific concepts.

Myers was born March 9, 1957, the eldest of six children in Kent, Washington; his mother is of Swedish and Norwegian descent.

Regarding his ancestry, Myers wrote: "I'm only half Scandinavian. The blood has been thinned with that of those domesticated English and Irish and Scots."

He was named "Paul Zachary", after his grandfather, but preferred the initials PZ to being called "Little Paul".

He has described his family as "probably what would be called the working poor nowadays", and noted that "when I was growing up I was called white trash more than a few times".

He claims to have been a "science geek" from an early age, gaining an interest in zoology and marine biology from studying the insides of fish while on fishing trips with his father.

Growing up, Myers attended an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) church.

Prior to his confirmation, Myers says, "I started thinking, you know, I don't believe a word of this."

Now an atheist, Myers comments on his blog about science, education, atheism and religion.

1975

Myers graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in 1975 and subsequently attended DePauw University in Indiana on a full scholarship.

However, he returned home the next year after his father suffered a heart attack.

1979

He then graduated from the University of Washington in 1979 with Bachelor of Science in zoology.

Myers drifted away from this field toward evolutionary developmental biology and obtained a PhD in biology from the University of Oregon.

A self-styled "godless liberal" and outspoken atheist, he is a vocal critic of all forms of religion, superstition, supernaturalism, spirituality and pseudoscience.

He is quoted as having "nothing but contempt" for intelligent design, arguing that it is "fundamentally dishonest".

He is also an outspoken supporter of sex-positive feminism.

Myers believes women should make their own sexual choices without outside pressure.

2002

In June 2002, he started his website Pharyngula.org, which morphed into a blog now hosted by ScienceBlogs and Freethought Blogs.

Pharyngula is Myers's personal weblog, promoted as "Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal."

The topics Myers covers are eclectic, delving into the non-scientific as well as scientific.

While Pharyngula includes many articles discussing breaking science news and research, the blog has become particularly well known for ridicule of intelligent design and of attempts to insert it into science education.

Myers started Pharyngula.org on June 19, 2002 as an experiment in writing instruction for a class.

Students were required to submit mini-essays to be published online.

2006

In 2006 the journal Nature listed Myers's Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist based on popularity.

In 2006, the science journal Nature listed Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog written by a scientist.

2009

Myers received the American Humanist Association's 2009 Humanist of the Year award and the International Humanist Award in 2011.

In 2009 Myers was named the American Humanist Association's "Humanist of the Year".

2015

In April 2015, Atheist Ireland issued an official announcement, apologizing that they had given Myers public platforms to speak and that now it is "publicly dissociating itself from the hurtful and dehumanising, hateful and violent, unjust and defamatory rhetoric of the atheist blogger PZ Myers... We believe his behaviour is unjust to individuals, increases prejudice against atheists, and is harmful to the promotion of an ethical society based on empathy, fairness, justice and integrity.".

2017

In 2017, Myers, who formerly considered himself one of the "New Atheists", disassociated himself from the New Atheist label.

Describing the label as being applied "against our protests, because we were all aware that there was nothing new about it. Maybe we were more aggressive, or maybe suddenly people were listening to us, but really, it was the same old atheism with a fancy artisan label".

Myers prefers to be simply referred to as an atheist.

Myers has taught and researched at the University of Oregon, the University of Utah, and Temple University.

He is currently an associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota's Morris campus.

He is a member of Minnesota Citizens for Science Education, and cultivates an interest in cephalopods.

Myers has been active on the internet.

He was involved in scientific debates on USENET surrounding the growing creationist movement.

He was a founding member of The Panda's Thumb blog.