'Why Evolution Is True' by Jerry Coyne, AAI 2009

Jerry Coyne explains 'Why Evolution is True' (also the title of his excellent new book) at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 conference, sponsored by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.

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Jerry Coyne's Blog: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

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[jbrizzle1234]

All the evidence in the world will not convince creationists that evolution is true because it contradicts their faith. Reason vs Superstition ladies and gentlemen. I've decided to stop wasting my breath trying to speak reason to them because there is nooooo point

[ZooYork258]

@mamainmancj & also evolution is beautiful and true , read his book. peace.



[mscott2757]

@Diosukekun How do you know the original state of the rock? How do you know if it hasn't been contaminated by nature? Science can't calculate age

[mscott2757]

@jbrizzle1234 *Chance vs Superstition

[Diosukekun]

@TheAdawon 1) radiometric dating of igneous rock 2) symmetry breaking 3) cern is working on it 4) what? anyway, mere chance or guided chance makes a huge difference

[TheAdawon]

How do we know it was a billion years? Where did matter come from if it can neither be created or destroyed? How was the big bang produced? How is it that every little detail of matter could be created out of chance?

[JustinZimmer6]

@SoulsResonance It's sort of like what moon-landing denialists are to NASA. What is disturbing, especially given the religious nature of their base, is the amount of dishonesty used. It's not that creationists are necessarily stupid, but they employ many misleading tactics and outright lies to deliver their message. There is a lot of stupidity involved, but there are elements that will sneak in their message, whether through legislation or bogus review articles who's dishonesty is intentional.

[JustinZimmer6]

@SoulsResonance Creationists seldom come up with new issues with evolution, rather they ignore rebuttals and simply repeat the same old straw men and repackage their mission to seem less "biblical" and therefore attract more people who frankly don't know any better. If what they were practicing was science they would come up with their own theory to explain the abundance of data; they don't. They just create distractions and try to seed doubt. It's a nuisance for those doing real science.

[JustinZimmer6]

@SoulsResonance In fact it is perceived that if we think we evolved from other animals that we would therefore act like animals. This also removes humankind's place as a special creation. This is repeated nearly as much as supposed refutations of evolution. What is frustrating to scientists is that these people try to force creationism into science by means of politics and deceit and often even misquote scientists for their agenda (and there is an agenda, I mentioned the Wedge Doc earlier)

[JustinZimmer6]

@SoulsResonance I'm glad to see you're on the right track. As far as the creationism vs evolution is concerned, it stems from a religious need to view the biblical creation myths as literal histories and reject the notion that humans are part of the animal kingdom. There are shades beyond this, but the core of the arguments is the same. Creationists feel that if evolution is true then Adam and Eve are false and so loosens the grip of original sin and therefore makes people immoral.