Jerry Coyne: Why Evolution is True

Jerry Coyne, professor emeritus of evolution & ecology at the University of Chicago, is known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. His bestselling book, "Why Evolution Is True," is considered by many to be the most concise and convincing explanation of the scientific theory of evolution. Coyne is an outspoken atheist, holding that religion and science are fundamentally incompatible.
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  • @davidr1620
    @davidr16202 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Christian and currently reading this book. Highly recommend. Believe it or not, it was recommended to me by several other Christians.

  • @junevandermark952
    @junevandermark952 Жыл бұрын

    Lol ... From the book … The Church and Mental Health, Published 1953. Phillips Brooks saw the difference between morality based upon anxiety and that based upon faith. “Why is it,” a friend once asked Brooks, “that some of these men who call themselves atheists, seem to lead such moral lives?” “They have to,” replied Brooks. “They have no God to forgive them if they don’t.”

  • @HuyVo-gd2cj
    @HuyVo-gd2cj5 жыл бұрын

    I love this man. His book "why evolution is true" is so simple, yet detailed at the same time. It explains evolution so clearly, even an 8 years old can pick it up.

  • @Dr10Jeeps
    @Dr10Jeeps6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Coyne for your work in trying to educate a largely ignorant public.

  • @Liberated_from_Religion
    @Liberated_from_Religion2 жыл бұрын

    His name is Jerry and he looks almost like a copy of Jerry Lewis, who I loved as a kid. Thank you, professor Coyne, for your amazing work!

  • @FactStorm
    @FactStorm2 жыл бұрын

    Annie's voice is just as soothing and beautiful as ever. Man, I love all three of you, this was a treat to watch! I love discussions! XD

  • @bobx2x2
    @bobx2x26 жыл бұрын

    I read both of the books they talked about, the best book ever written about evolution and the best book ever written about the stupidity of religions.

  • @stephencaudill2422
    @stephencaudill2422 Жыл бұрын

    I went to Catholic school, we were taught evolution, we never questioned it as a 'theory'.

  • @AlbertoApuCRC
    @AlbertoApuCRC Жыл бұрын

    Jerry Coyne is a star

  • @FactStorm
    @FactStorm2 жыл бұрын

    Very important topics, this is enthralling to watch. I wish more people were more intellectually curious about biology!

  • @5driedgrams
    @5driedgrams5 жыл бұрын

    Good to see Mr Coyne on the program.

  • @lawrencematthews6221
    @lawrencematthews62212 жыл бұрын

    Intelligence = Discovery, Religion = Ignorance

  • @arthurpletcher7299
    @arthurpletcher7299 Жыл бұрын

    Jerry maintains his sense of humor over a wide range of sad and frustrating statistics about the US antiscience movements.

  • @richardhedd3080
    @richardhedd3080 Жыл бұрын

    The audiobook version is on KZread.

  • @rhondaguerrero2869
    @rhondaguerrero2869 Жыл бұрын

    Thank u

  • @Nanology101
    @Nanology1015 жыл бұрын

    This channel needs more subs, please share!

  • @viciousvichyssoise5367
    @viciousvichyssoise53676 жыл бұрын

    Nice conversation ! Coyne fan here . Fight the good fight FFRF !

  • @brigham2250
    @brigham22505 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Coyne for president and Sean Carroll for VP. Or reverse. Doesn't matter.

  • @mr.d.8121
    @mr.d.81217 ай бұрын

    Evolution is a fact.A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world

  • @junevandermark952
    @junevandermark952 Жыл бұрын

    From the book … Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable by Ivor H. Evans … First published 1817. … Odium theologicum (o di um the o loj ikim) (Lat.). The bitter hatred of rival theologians. No wars so sanguinary as holy wars; no persecutions so relentless as religious persecutions; no hatred so bitter as theological hatred.

  • @jjjpetersen
    @jjjpetersen2 жыл бұрын

    Another good show, thanx.

  • @mohamedabija704
    @mohamedabija7042 жыл бұрын

    I love it ❤

  • @solexxx8588
    @solexxx85884 жыл бұрын

    Nice. There are real eloquent scientists in the world who understand that we are part of nature, not part of fairy tails.

  • @LouisGedo
    @LouisGedo6 жыл бұрын

    Facts and logic destroys theist nonsense every time

  • @KARAIsaku

    @KARAIsaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Coyne has studied fruit flies most part of his life as a scientific researcher. An important part in the research of these insects has consisted of provoking mutations in their genome through outer “violence” like excessive radiation. It is very difficult to find one single mutation which can be considered beneficial during all those experiments. Instead, a multitude of harmful, even lethal, mutations have been observed. The so called neo-Darwinian synthesis theory considers arbitrary and accidental mutations to be the main mechanism of evolution besides natural selection. I wonder how Jerry Coyne explains that record in evolutionary terms.

  • @raysalmon6566
    @raysalmon65662 жыл бұрын

    In Why Evolution Is True, Coyne explains that the biological species concept is “the one that evolutionists prefer when studying speciation, because it gets you to the heart of the evolutionary question. Under the \inr{BSC}, if you can explain how reproductive barriers evolve, you’ve explained the origin of species.”\fn{42 42. Wells, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, Chapter Five ("The Ultimate Missing Link"), pp. 49-59. }}{Coyne} Theoretically, reproductive barriers arise when geographically separated populations diverge genetically. But Coyne describes five “cases of real-time speciation” \vb\item that involve a different mechanism: chromosome doubling, or “polyploidy.”

  • @ilikethisnamebetter
    @ilikethisnamebetter4 ай бұрын

    Coyne used a very restricted definition to come up with his 1-in-5 believers in "naturalistic" evolution. You could understand and accept the whole of the science, including the timeline, and still be excluded as a "true believer" by his definition.

  • @ALavin-en1kr
    @ALavin-en1kr3 ай бұрын

    Where did it all start, magnetism, electro-magnetism, electricity, the three forces. All those had to come first otherwise there would be no evolution. To start with evolution is to start late in the game. A whole lot had come before. How did life start way before evolution? There are supposedly fourteen races of men,, we do not know who were the first, and as there have been periodic partial dissolutions that complicates it as well.

  • @vampireducks1622
    @vampireducks16223 жыл бұрын

    How interesting. So Coyne became an atheist as the result of a "religious experience", so to speak.

  • @upstairscandy0764
    @upstairscandy0764 Жыл бұрын

    This is so sad

  • @monporoshneog4725
    @monporoshneog472521 күн бұрын

    to believe in Evolution it requires great amount of FAITH that enough change over time over enough time will give u a new organism. This is nothing but blind faith that Time will solve the problem.this is utter ignorance this is not science

  • @5driedgrams
    @5driedgrams4 жыл бұрын

    Lol Beatles made Mr. Coyne an atheist.