Edge.org is running a fascinating series of articles asking major public figures in science, “What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?” Prominent atheist and evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne’s answer is “Determinism.” In his words, “All matter...

Reductive materialist Jerry Coyne doesn't believe human choices are real. They are, he says, just matter and energy doing what they've always done. He thinks, however, that we should still “punish criminals,” that we should, in fact, remove them from society when...