Tag Archives: Jerry Coyne

Blocked By Jerry Coyne/Determinism as Woke on Steroids

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Michael

Atheist Jerry Coyne blocked me on Twitter. I tweeted: Coyne actually replied and I then replied: Coyne then blocked me even though I was not stalking, hostile, or obnoxious. I was focused on his claim that determinism would improve society … Continue reading →

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Friendly Atheists Lashes Out At Richard Dawkins and Ends Up Getting Spanked by Jerry Coyne

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Michael

Hemant Mehta pubicly attacked Richard Dawkins in a posting, “Richard Dawkins is Still Denying the Basic Humanity of Trans People.” The title is obviously absurd to those of us who value reason. As DHay noted, “Dawkins nowhere in the tweet, … Continue reading →

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Why Was That Published?!!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Michael

There is very little difference between a New Atheist activist and a Social Justice activist.  Consider atheist activist Jerry Coyne.   He is such a snowflake that it won’t be long before he starts demanding trigger warnings when certain topics come … Continue reading →

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The Hypocrisy of Harris and Coyne

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Michael

We have seen that both Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne have condemned Lawrence Krauss for his sexual harassment of women.  Harris said that he believes the women, that Krauss needs to apologize, and that he is in a position to … Continue reading →

Posted in free will, Hypocrisy, Jerry Coyne, Sam Harris, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 15 Comments

Jerry Coyne Officially Disassociates Himself from Lawrence Krauss

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Michael

It sure looks like Lawrence Krauss has no allies.  From Jerry Coyne: After that article appeared, I did some digging on my own, and came up with three cases that have convinced me that Krauss engaged in sexual predation of … Continue reading →

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Jerry Coyne: Mighty Slayer of Straw Men

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Michael

Another scientist, this time physicist Tom McLeish, has argued against the notion that science and religion are incompatible.  And sure enough, activist Jerry Coyne is again unnerved and feels the need to fire off a rapid response. But before looking … Continue reading →

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Atheists and Science

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Michael

Jerry Coyne is once again complaining that his readers don’t seem to care all that much for his science postings.  He spends significant time writing up some blog posting about a scientific finding and gets only a small handful of … Continue reading →

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Muddled Thinking from Jerry Coyne

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Michael

Conrad Black wrote an article entitled, “I put this as simply as possible: Many atheists are excellent, but atheism itself is hurting the West.”  Black has a good grasp on your average New Atheist: I have had as much as … Continue reading →

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The Worst Atheist Book?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Michael

Philosopher Edward Feser wrote a short review of Coyne’s New Atheist book: Faith versus Fact is some kind of achievement. Biologist Jerry Coyne has managed to write what might be the worst book yet published in the New Atheist genre. … Continue reading →

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Times Higher Education Reporter Puts Spotlight on Jerry Coyne’s Blog and Its “Bile”

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Michael

Writing for the Times Higher Education, Matthew Reisz, recalls a previous article: Five years ago, I wrote an article arguing that the idea of a “war” between science and religion is not a very helpful one, given that “all-out wars … Continue reading →

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