Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Allen Coyne is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, he has published on the theory of evolution.
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I do care when people like Steve Novella, who should know better, argue that biological sex is not a binary but a spectrum.
"Another critique of Agustín Fuentes’s claim of a sex spectrum in humans and other species" February 1, 2026
In the end, I am both amazed and amused at people like Kingsnorth who long for the good old days when people embraced Christianity and thus were both moral and fulfilled.
"Pinker and Tupy vs. Kingsnorth: do we need a god in these troubled times?" November 25, 2025
Keeping budgets secret is what universities do.
"Friday: Hili dialogue" September 12, 2025
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Rebecca GoldsteinAlso won Richard Dawkins Award
Charles StrouseAlso won Emperor Has No Clothes Award
Victor J. StengerAlso won Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Sidney HookAlso won Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Eugenie ScottAlso won Richard Dawkins Award
Katha PollittAlso won Emperor Has No Clothes AwardAbout this person
Jerry Allen Coyne is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, he has published on the theory of evolution. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila. In 2023 he became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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