No, Determinism in Nature Has Not Been Demonstrated Scientifically

Jerry Coyne is a professor of evolution at the University of Chicago. He has written extensively about his denial that we have libertarian free will. I have pointed out several times the incoherent and even self-refuting nature of his claims. I'll take this opportunity to consider a few things that he gets very wrong in his arguments. For the moment I'll focus on his assertion that determinism is true and therefore that free will can't be true. I'll follow up later, discussing his denial of...