 He felt that it was important that evolution by natural selection be taught in schools and that it was regrettable that English schools had compulsory religious instruction.He also considered that a new scientific world view was rapidly being established, and predicted that once the detailed workings of the brain were eventually revealed, erroneous Christian concepts about the nature of humans and the world would no longer be tenable; traditional conceptions of the "soul" would be replaced by a new understanding of the physical basis of mind.He was sceptical of organised religion, referring to himself as a sceptic and an agnostic with "a strong inclination towards atheism".