Frases de Jerry Coyne

Jerry Allen Coyne es un profesor estadounidense de biología, conocido por su comentario sobre el debate del diseño inteligente. Se le considera un científico prolífico, que ha publicado decenas de artículos, sobre todo de aclaración de la teoría evolutiva. En la actualidad es profesor en la Universidad de Chicago, en el departamento de ecología y evolución. Se concentra en la especialización de la genética ecológica y evolutiva, en particular sus trabajos se relacionan con la mosca de la fruta, Drosophila melanogaster.[1]​ Él es el autor del texto estándar de especiación y el popular libro de ciencia «Por qué la evolución es verdadera». También mantiene un sitio web con el mismo nombre. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. diciembre 1949
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“The editorial, very poorly written for a college full of smart students, shows how far this “hate speech” cancer has spread. Let me provide for you Coyne’s Glossary for the words at issue:
:“free speech”: Speech that you like because it comports with your ideology

:“hate speech”: Speech you don’t like because it challenges your ideology

:“Nazi”: Anyone uttering “hate speech” (see above)

:“White supremacist”: See “Nazi”

:“emotional labor”: Having to argue your case rationally—something to be avoided at all costs when you can simply call people names”

see “Nazi”
" Latest college shenanigans by the Regressive Left: censorship at Pomona and UCLA; Wellesley student paper publishes “we need free speech but...” editorial https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/latest-news-about-college-shenanigans-by-the-regressive-left-censorship-at-pomona-and-ucla-wellesley-student-paper-writes-we-need-free-speech-but-article/" April 21, 2017

“Some believers are fundamentalists about everything, but every believer is a fundamentalist about something.”

" An aphorism for atheism http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/an-aphorism-for-atheism/" September 3, 2013

“In the end, why isn’t it better to find out how the world really works instead of making up stories about it, or accepting stories concocted centuries ago?”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 260

“Come on, readers, give me one example of a question that religion has answered to everyone’s satisfaction—one example of a “truth” found in religion’s quest for truth.”

" Do both science and faith produce truth? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/do-both-science-and-faith-produce-truth/" August 11, 2012

“Any “knowledge” incapable of being revised with advances in data and human thinking does not deserve the name of knowledge.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 28

“Even more than religious belief, acceptance or denial of evolution is a test of character. For if you deny evolution is true, you are either pandering to the public even though you know better (showing that you’re ambitious but lack character), are truly ignorant of the facts (which means you can’t be trusted to be informed about crucial issues), or are a flat-out creationist”

showing that you’re batshit crazy
" Lying and/or ignorant Republican candidates still refuse to accept evolution https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/lying-andor-ignorant-republican-candidates-still-refuse-to-accept-evolution/" May 7, 2015

“The methodological conflicts between science and religion cannot be brokered, for faith has no reliable way to find truth.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 89

“Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn’t happen? That’s not academic freedom, but dereliction of duty.”

" More creationism sneaks into public schools http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/more-creationism-sneaks-into-public-schools/" April 29, 2013

“Indeed, secular morality, which is not twisted by adherence to the supposed commands of a god, is superior to most “religious” morality.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 261

“That doesn’t mean that the religious completely abjure evidence. If it supports their preconceptions, they’ll accept it.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 152

“Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.”

" Quote of the week: William James on theology http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/quote-of-the-week-william-james-on-theology/" June 4, 2012

“You can find some religions without creationism, but you can’t find creationism without religion.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 61

“Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn’t come close.”

" A huge water geyser on Saturn’s moon helps make the rings, and a bonus eclipse from Mars http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/a-huge-water-geyser-on-saturns-moon-helps-make-the-rings-and-a-bonus-eclipse-from-mars/" September 17, 2012

“What distinguishes knowledge is not certainty but evidence.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 30 (quoting Walter Kaufmann)

“When one has a religious experience, what is “true” is only that one has had that experience, not that its contents convey anything about reality.”

Jerry Coyne libro Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible

Fuente: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 195

“The fact that both Jews and Christians ignore some of God’s or Jesus’s commands, but scrupulously obey others, is absolute proof that people pick and choose their morality not on the basis of its divine source, but because it comports with some innate morality that they derived from other sources.”

" Biblical morality part 2: Killing non-virgin brides and rebellious kids http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/biblical-morality-part-2-killing-non-virgin-brides-and-rebellious-kids/" June 26, 2012

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