Michael Shermer
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eSkeptic for August 19, 2015
In this week’s eSkeptic, Harriet Hall reviews The Myth of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition, by Gregory Hickok. This review first appeared on the Science-Based Medicine Blog and also in Skeptic magazine 20.2 (2015).
Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the o
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This week's audio book by the great economist Deirdre McCloskey: Bourgeois Equality. 29 hours of historical insight
17h ago
The Selfish Gene tops Royal Society poll to reveal the nation's most inspiring science books
Richard Dawkin’s 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, has topped a public poll of the most inspiring science books of all time, commissioned by the Royal Society to mark the 30th year of the prestigious Royal Society Science Book Prize.
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Royal Society honors @RichardDawkins Selfish Gene best science book https://t.co/NTZiNhlux1 Meanwhile KPFK deplatforms him for tweet. Absurd
17h ago
Astronomers Detect Strange Signals from Red Dwarf Star
The radio bursts are tantalizing, but probably not transmissions from talkative aliens
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Ross 128 star signal is tantalizing for ET possibilities but not a series of prime numbers so ET skepticism rules.
18h ago
Dennis Prager & Michael Shermer: A Conversation About God and Morality (Full)
Dennis Prager (Author & Radio Host) and Michael Shermer (Publisher, Skeptic Magazine) join Dave Rubin to discuss why they believe or don’t believe, atheism v...
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E.g. debating morality https://t.co/oBBzooZ2pb ancient civilizations https://t.co/OtfioTTW4d politics
18h ago
Listen to episodes of Dogma Debate on podbay.fm.
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E.g. debating morality https://t.co/oBBzooZ2pb ancient civilizations https://t.co/OtfioTTW4d politics
18h ago
Why Gun Nuts Lie - I Know From Experience
An admitted gun nut from Texas cracks down on the excuses of NRA supporters with high-powered assault rifles, and offers legislation that could fix the issue on both sides.
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If you think the 2nd Amend enables you to protect yourself from Government tyranny think again says @davidcsmalley
3d ago
The Murky World of Doping in Sports - Playing with Science
Chuck Nice & Gary O’Reilly investigate doping with the help of Lance Armstrong, Neil Tyson, Michael Shermer, Dr. Tom Hildebrandt, Dr. Arthur Caplan.
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I'm on StarTalk tonight 7pm EDT on Doping in Sports @neiltyson, @lancearmstrong, @ArthurCaplan & @chucknicecomic
4d ago
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If this was missed-my thoughts on doping in sports/cycling on StarTalk w/ @neiltyson @lancearmstrong @chucknicecomic
21h ago
How your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuro
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Good new TED talk by Anil Seth. Reality=controlled hallucination. Yeah but as hallucinations go it's one of the best
4d ago
The Harvard professor Steven Pinker objects to a proposal to ban various undergraduate social clubs, citing a model of higher education that many elite institutions are rejecting.
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Introducing a new term: Helicopter Colleges. Hovering over their charges like they are hapless children. Grow up!
5d ago
Private thoughts and public acts
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Are we all racists deep inside? My skeptical take on the IAT in my latest Scientific American @sciam column
5d ago
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Are you harboring unconscious racist thoughts? The IAT says yes. Why I'm skeptical. My latest @SciAm column.
21h ago
Heterodox Academy, an academic collaborative with a mission to advance viewpoint diversity in the academy, now counts more than 1,000 professors, along with xx PhD-level graduate students, as members in our organization.
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I am part of @hdxacademy because I care about #viewpointdiverstiy in the academy. We have >1000 professors now.
5d ago
A claim increasingly heard on campus will make them more anxious and more willing to justify physical harm.
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Why speech is not a form of violence & how it can make you stronger/anti-fragile @JonHaidt @glukianoff
5d ago
Religion and Society
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Is God a Figment of Our Imagination? Alister McGrath v. Michael Shermer Univ of Toronto or live on YouTube Sept. 15
5d ago
Speech from Yeonmi Park telling her story of life in North Korea and calls for action against such human rights violators. If you want to help us bring the w...
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Park Yeon-mi's heartbreaking account of her escape from North Korea in search of freedom-Now a civil rights activist
6d ago
Three Reasons “You” Won’t Return After This Life
The idea that "you" persist after death does not hold up to the current understanding of memory and identity.
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Good article on Buddhist atheist take parallel to my own on why “You” can't be resurrected or uploaded after death.
6d ago
Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation’s leading institutions – including the news media, col
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New Pew study finds predictable political divide on attitudes toward colleges/universities & their impact on society
6d ago
Complete transcript of the controversial "Scopes Monkey Trial" which tested the law that made it illegal for public school teachers in Tennessee to teach Charles Darwin's theory of evolution The complete transcript of the 1925 case of the State of Te
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In honor of the new Clarence Darrow statue in Dayton, TN, one of the greatest statements of free speech ever made.
7d ago
As Alex preps for his upcoming debate with Michael Shermer at FreedomFest, he’s contemplating a simple question: How are millionaires made?
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Next Friday at Freedom Fest I'm debating libertarians on role of luck in success (a larger effect than most think).
8d ago
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet", focuses his unerringly logical mind o
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This week's audio book by @danieldennett I 1st read in 1995. Surprising how relevant & important it still is.
9d ago