Michael Shermer
Host Science Salon Podcast, Publisher Skeptic Magazine, Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author The Moral Arc & more.
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Giving the Devil his Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist: Michael Shermer: 9781108489782: Amazon.com: Books
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Giving the Devil his Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist [Michael Shermer] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Who is the 'Devil'? And what is he due? The Devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right...
Andrew Sullivan: A Glimpse at the Intersectional Left’s Political Endgame
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A worldview where one is either oppressed or an oppressor will always tend to subordinate individual rights. A new book offers a clear example.
Conspiracy Theories - Why do people believe in them? | Dr. Michael Shermer
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Michael Shermer Conspiracy Theories - Why do people believe in them? My conversation with Zain Raza, Founder & Senior Editor for acTVism Munich. 51h
LEAKED AUDIO: Richard Spencer reacts to the death of Heather Heyer (EXPLICIT)
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Leaked audio of white nationalist Richard Spencer, published here for the first time, shows him fuming after the death of Charlottesville counter-protester H...
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Michael Shermer “My ancestors fucking enslaved those little pieces of fucking shit. They don’t do this to fucking me. We’re going to fucking ritualistically humiliate them. Little fucking kikes. They get ruled by people like me. Little fucking octaroons.” —Richard Spencer 52h
Georgia Has Executed a Death Row Inmate Without DNA Testing the Evidence
Zuri Davis - Reason.com 3d 2 tweets
The State of Georgia executed Ray Cromartie, 52, late Wednesday night. Cromartie was convicted in the 1994 shooting death of
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Michael Shermer Blackstone's Ratio: "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." I don't know if Ray Cromartie was guilty or innocent, but that Georgia didn't run a DNA test before executing him is barbaric in modern civilized nations. 3d
Combating Social Extremism - Pangburn
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Skepticism is the best foot forward for humanity to battle social extremism. It is the tool we use to sort nonsense from reality. -Travis Pangburn
Column: Northwestern's student journalists apologized for doing their job. They shouldn't have
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Student journalists at Northwestern University apologized for printing the names and photos of student protesters. They shouldn't have.
Michael Shermer Student journalists: don't apologize for doing your job even if students whine about feeling unsafe for you covering their public protest. Excellent OpEd by Robin Abcarian 4d
Michael Shermer with James Traub — What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea
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In Science Salon # 91 Michael Shermer speaks with James Traub about his new book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea.
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Michael Shermer Science Salon #91 James Traub What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea 5d
Michael Shermer SCIENCE SALON # 91 James Traub What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea 35h
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them
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The Daily Northwestern is the student newspaper of Northwestern University, which is home to the Medill School of Journalism—one of the
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Michael Shermer "While our goal is to document history and spread information, nothing is more important than ensuring that our fellow students feel safe" —The Daily Northwestern newspaper apologizes that it's coverage of Jeff Sessions event hurt students' feelings. Wow. 6d
New Hubble Constant Measurement Stokes Mystery of Universe's Expansion
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A new measurement suggests that the universe is expanding faster than we thought.
Michael Shermer Once again... "Lights all askew in the heavens" A new measurement suggests that the universe is expanding differently than we thought (and by "we" I mean people who are a lot smarter than me and actually do this research). 6d
Reflections on My Decision to Change Gender
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It’s been a long time now since, at age 53, I became a woman. Actually, I’m an old woman more than twenty years on, who walks sometimes with a nice fold-up cane, and has had two hip-joint replacements, and lives in a loft in downtown Chicago with...
Michael Shermer "Why, my beloved, why, why? My love for you was unconditional. Still is. Why throw away love with both hands?" Please read this heart-wrenching article by Deirdre McCloskey on what she lost in her MtF transition. Life is too short for such prejudice. Love. 7d
The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order
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If secularism truly resulted in moral deterioration, then highly secular societies would be decaying. They're not
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Michael Shermer If secularism truly resulted in moral deterioration, then highly secular societies would be decaying. They're not demonstrates through copious data, contra William Barr's dunce-cap history of moral progress 8d
Stardust Science | Children's Science Book Series
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Stardust Science - Children's science STEM books (My Name is Stardust & Stardust Explores the Solar System) inspiring passion for science, evolution education, and our universe.
Michael Shermer If you have a kid, or are going to have a kid, or were once a kid, check out these marvelous books by Truly delightful expositions of science and reason for kids...and adults! 8d
I was an astrologer – here's how it really works, and why I had to stop
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Customers marvelled at my psychic abilities but was that really what was going on when I told their fortune?
Michael Shermer "intelligence & education do not protect against superstition. Many customers were stockbrokers, advertising executives or politicians, dealing with issues whose outcomes couldn’t be controlled. It’s uncertainty that drives people into woo, not stupidity." 10d
Kampagne gegen „Manspreading“: Verkehrsbetriebe verbieten Männern breite Sitzhaltung
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Die Wiener Linien haben Männern scherzhaft verboten, in der U-Bahn breit zu sitzen.
Michael Shermer You've heard of mansplaining. Now there is a campaign against manspreading (Germany and Austria)... 11d
The Students of Sex and Culture
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Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Zora Neale Hurston—spurred on by Franz Boas—revolutionized the way we think about humanity.
Michael Shermer Oh my, some rather revealing revelations in this book! review essay is an important read if you're interested in the nature of human nature, culture, & especially sex. 11d
Martin Scorsese Is a Grumpy Old Fart—and Wrong About the State of 'Cinema'
Nick Gillespie - Reason.com 11d 4 tweets
I'm a big admirer of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese—I thoroughly enjoyed his recent Bob Dylan "documentary," Rolling Thunder Revue, and
Michael Shermer Another factor for why Martin Scorsese is wrong about the state of cinema (see Nick's excellent article: ) is that we tend to confuse changes in ourselves with changes in our time and culture. See p. 176 in my Heavens on Earth... 11d
The Devil Next Door | Main Trailer | Netflix
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A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible. Watch The Devil Next D...
Michael Shermer I started Netflix documentary series The Devil Next Door on John Demjanjuk, notorious death camp guard Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka, or Ivan the Murderer of Sobibór (or mistaken ID). Excellent. Problems w/ eyewitness testimony & criminal justice evident. 11d
Can Empathic Concern Actually Increase Political Polarization?
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New research suggests that those who display the most concern for others are also the most socially polarized.
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Michael Shermer New research shows that closing the "empathy gap" will not only not reduce political polarization, it may actually increase it says Interesting twist to important analysis in his book Against Empathy 11d
Clarifying the neurobehavioral sequelae of moderate drinking lifestyles and acute alcohol effects with aging
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Epidemiological estimates indicate not only an increase in the proportion of older adults, but also an increase in those who continue moderate alcohol…