1. Jerry Allen Coyne was born on December 30,1949 and is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design.
22 Facts About Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne's concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila.
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Jerry Coyne is the author of the text Speciation and the bestselling non-fiction book Why Evolution Is True.
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Jerry Coyne gained attention outside of the scientific community as a public critic of religion.
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Jerry Coyne is the author of the book Faith Versus Fact.
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Jerry Coyne was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
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Jerry Coyne received the Emperor Has No Clothes Award from the Freedom from Religion Foundation in 2011.
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Jerry Coyne has served as Vice President and President of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
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Jerry Coyne has been associate editor of the publications Evolution and The American Naturalist.
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Jerry Coyne has taught evolutionary biology, speciation, genetic analysis, social issues and scientific knowledge, scientific speaking and writing.
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Jerry Coyne's writing has been published in the scientific journals Nature, and Science, as well as new and magazine publications including The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and The New Republic.
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In 2024, shortly after Simpson's death, Jerry Coyne shared his belief that Simpson was "guilty as hell" and the verdict was "a miscarriage of justice largely due to the incompetence of the prosecution", which had caused him to refuse subsequent requests to serve as an expert witness.
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The Ecuadoran frog Atelopus coynei is named after Jerry Coyne, who collected the holotype in a swamp on a frogging trip to western Ecuador as a student in the late 1970s.
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Jerry Coyne considers himself a secular Jew, and an outspoken anti-theist.
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Jerry Coyne has argued that the incompatibility of science and faith is based on irreconcilable differences in methodology, philosophy, and outcomes when they try to discern truths about the universe.
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Jerry Coyne produces a website in blog format titled Why Evolution Is True.
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Jerry Coyne offers criticism of creationists who appear closed minded by adhering to a literal Biblical view.
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Jerry Coyne came to believe in the idea of determinism after reading a paper by Anthony Cashmore on determinism and the criminal justice system.
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On December 29,2024, Jerry Coyne resigned from the board of honorary members of the Freedom from Religion Foundation to object against what he considers the problematic gender-ideological capture of the institute after they deleted an article of his, calling its publication a mistake.
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Jerry Coyne's resignation was followed by those of Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins.
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Jerry Coyne considers himself to be a traditional liberal while strongly supporting free speech.
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Honey has returned for several years to the pond, and Jerry Coyne has persisted with feeding the ducks breeding there.