Pepperdine University (BA) California State University, Fullerton (MA) Claremont Graduate University (PhD)
Occupation(s)
writer, historian of science, editor
Title
Editor-in-chief of Skeptic, adjunct professor at Chapman University
Website
Official website
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Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher[1] of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims.[2] The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
Shermer was the co-producer and co-host of Exploring the Unknown,[3][4] a 13-hour Fox Family television series broadcast in 1999. From April 2001 to January 2019,[5] he contributed a monthly Skeptic column to Scientific American magazine.
Shermer was raised in a non-religious household,[6][7] before converting to Christian fundamentalism as a teenager.[8] He stopped believing in God during graduate school,[7][9] influenced by a traumatic accident that left his then-girlfriend paralyzed.[10] He identifies as an agnostic and an atheist,[11][12][13] but prefers "skeptic".[14][13] He also advocates for humanism.[15][16]
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^Mouallem, Omar (August 27, 2008). "Making a living of bullshit detecting". VUE Weekly.
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^"Does Science Refute God?". NPR. December 11, 2012. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
^Michael Shermer. "Dr. Michael Shermer – Ask Me Anything # 2". Skeptic.com (Podcast). The Skeptics Society. Event occurs at 5:35. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^Curry, Eugene A. (April 2012). "The Disbelieving Michael Shermer: A Review Essay of Michael Shermer's The Believing Brain" (PDF). The Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics. 5 (1). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ abElder, Robert K. (6 April 2006). "Skeptic Shermer's disbelief is science-based". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^Koukl, Greg; Shermer, Michael (31 December 2009). "Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer at the End of the Decade of the New Atheists". www.str.org. Stand to Reason. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^Martelle, Scott (2 May 2011). "America's Skeptic Laureate: A Profile of Michael Shermer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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^Shermer, Michael (2002). Why People Believe Weird Things. Henry Holt. p. 136
^Stossel, John. Stossel. December 16, 2010 Fox Business Channel.
^ abShermer, Michael (June 2005). "Why I Am An Atheist". michaelshermer.com
^Manuel, Brad (12 May 2020). "Book Review: The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer". RSG Performance. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^"Humanist Manifesto III Public Signers". American Humanist Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
^Shermer, Michael (January 2011). "The Science of Right and Wrong". michaelshermer.com
Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding...
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and History edited by Michael Berenbaum and Abrahm Peck, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998 page 15. Shermer, Michael & Grobman, Alex Denying...
statement about the veracity of various causal inferences. In 2008, MichaelShermer coined the word patternicity, defining it as "the tendency to find...
history". Many scientists, physicians, and philosophers, including MichaelShermer, Michael Ruse, Edzard Ernst, David Gorski, and Simon Singh have criticized...
hits and removing anything that does not reflect well on the medium. MichaelShermer criticized mediums in Scientific American, saying, "mediums are unethical...
investigations into pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The editor, MichaelShermer, director of the Skeptics Society, has compiled articles originally...
atoms. MichaelShermer investigated remote viewing experiments and discovered a problem with the target selection list. According to Shermer, with the...
ISBN 978-0-230-11829-4. Roesch, Ben S & John L. Moore. (2002). Cryptozoology. In MichaelShermer (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: Volume One. ABC-CLIO...
appearing in January 2006. Savage credits MichaelShermer with introducing him to the skeptical community. Shermer interviewed him for Skeptic Magazine in...
debates with Christopher Hitchens, MichaelShermer, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Peter Atkins, Victor Stenger, Michael Tooley, Stephen Law, and Peter...
2017, Sheldrake published a dialog with science writer and skeptic MichaelShermer titled Arguing Science: A Dialogue on the Future of Science and Spirit...
superstition, and irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was co-founded by MichaelShermer and Pat Linse as a Los Angeles-area skeptical group to replace the...
1997 book by science writer MichaelShermer. The foreword was written by Stephen Jay Gould. In the first section, Shermer discusses the ideas that he...
Pliego praised the book as a defence of free trade and globalisation. MichaelShermer gave the book positive reviews in Nature and Scientific American before...
Jordan Peterson, Steven Pinker, Joe Rogan, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, MichaelShermer, Christina Hoff Sommers, Bret Weinstein, and Eric Weinstein. Although...
9780823234479 "Archailects". Orion's Arm - Encyclopedia Galactica. MichaelShermer. Shermer's Last Law, Jan 2002, see also * Oliver Krüger: Virtual Immortality...
during inclusion in the index would allow for a bias-free output. MichaelShermer in Scientific American and Larry Smith of the University of Waterloo...
are best explained by classical physics. Modern analysts, including MichaelShermer, have termed anthroposophy's application in areas such as engineering...
1982. There were four competitors: John Marino himself, John Howard, MichaelShermer, and Lon Haldeman. The course started in Santa Monica, California and...
more than the unfortunate by-product of the vicissitudes of war." MichaelShermer and Alex Grobman. Denying History: : who Says the Holocaust Never Happened...
Leads Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom is a 2015 book by MichaelShermer. Steven Pinker describes the book as a sequel to The Better Angels...
criticized Haidt for his perceived obfuscation of harms caused by religion; MichaelShermer praised Haidt; and biologist David Sloan Wilson joined Haidt in criticizing...
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