Jerry A. Coyne

Jerry A. Coyne is Professor of Ecology and Evolution, emeritus at the University of Chicago and is author of Why Evolution is True and Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible.

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Black and white portraits of Maarten Boudry and Jerry A. Coyne. Background is two different types of stones.

Damned in Amsterdam: A Bizarre Deplatforming

We wanted to give a talk on how ideological bias hampers science—and were disinvited because of our politics.

Jerry A. Coyne / Maarten Boudry

4 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

David Gelernter is Wrong About Ditching Darwin

The last lesson of Gelernter’s piece is that while we shouldn’t judge someone’s arguments by their credentials alone, neither should we give unwarranted credence to those who have impressive credentials, particularly when they pronounce on a field in which they lack expertise.

Jerry A. Coyne

9 Sep 2019 · 11 min read

Why We Shouldn't Bet on Having Free Will—A Reply to William Edwards

It makes no more sense to believe in a numinous “will” that subverts the laws of physics than to accept a god for which there’s no evidence. Any reforms of society should begin by accepting the unalterable truths of nature.

Jerry A. Coyne

17 Jul 2019 · 6 min read

Secular Morality Does Not Depend on Faith

Here, then, we have a secular ethics connected not to 'nothing,' but to a preference for justice, fairness, and impartiality.

Jerry A. Coyne

11 May 2019 · 3 min read

Secular Humanism is Not a Religion

Staddon makes an oddly tendentious argument for the religious character of secular humanism.

Jerry A. Coyne

22 Apr 2019 · 9 min read