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If you're talking about Francis Collins, he was not the initial chair of the
HGP. He is now director of the project from the US side.
It is well known that many of those who lead or perform work with scientific
investigation still cling to the superstitions which they will never dare to
insist are correct. In any conversation these workers in science
investigation prefer to mute themselves when conversations about religion
occur, indicating their sense of shame about their beliefs. Those who wish
to engage others in shouting matches about their inane beliefs will usually
find themselves walking away alone from these encounters red-faced that they
are completely unable to convince the near-unanimity of colleagues of their
bullshit. To show you how diverse the group is, there are those in science
who believe in Area 51 and that the government has dead aliens in a secret
lab. And they too do good work in physics, biology, chemistry, and math.