 Angered by the idea of evolution, Michell repeatedly authored articles denouncing it as a false creation myth.Instead he embraced a viewpoint that Screeton referred to as "intelligent design creationism".Accordingly, he was particularly critical of Charles Darwin and Dawkins, lambasting the latter alongside physicist Stephen Hawking as belonging with "the disappointed Marxists, pandering politicians, pettifoggers, grievance-mongers and atheistic bishops who set the tone in modern society."