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Michael Shermer
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Michael Shermer
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Description
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the Science Salon Podcast, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, and The Moral Arc. His new book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality and Utopia.
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Michael Shermer, Skeptic, The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, evolution, science, pseudoscience, skepticism, paranormal, conspiracies, debunking, belief
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| Property | Content |
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| locale | en_US |
| type | website |
| title | Michael Shermer |
| description | Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the Science Salon Podcast, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, and Heavens on Earth. His new book is Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. |
| url | https://michaelshermer.com/ |
| site_name | Michael Shermer |
| image | https://michaelshermer.com/writing/wp-content/uploads/shermer-quote-09-2x.jpg |
| image:width | 1120 |
| image:height | 630 |
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- [H3] Truth: What it is, How to Find it, Why it Still Matters
- [H3] Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories
- [H3] Michael’s Articles
- [H3] Michael’s “Skeptic” column in Scientific American
- [H4] What We Should and Shouldn’t Believe — and Why
- [H4] Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion (ACDF) or, My Big Bike Crash and Surgical Adventure
- [H4] Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn’t Believe—and Why
- [H4] Free to Inquire
- [H4] Stein’s Law and Science’s Mission
- [H4] Kids These Days
- [H4] The Fallacy of Excluded Exceptions
- [H5] Praise for Truth
- [H5] Buy the Book
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| Follow @michaelshermer | External | Passing Juice |
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| Why People Believe Weird Things | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The Believing Brain | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why Darwin Matters | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The Science of Good and Evil | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The Moral Arc | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Heavens on Earth | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Giving the Devil His Due | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Truth: What it is, How to Find it, Why it Still Matters | Internal | Passing Juice |
| @michaelshermer | External | Passing Juice |
| Amazon | External | Passing Juice |
| Shop Skeptic (autographed) | External | Passing Juice |
| Learn more about this new course | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Free to Inquire | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Stein’s Law and Science’s Mission | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Kids These Days | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The Fallacy of Excluded Exceptions | Internal | Passing Juice |
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