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Interesting article from 2013:
“Even [Michael] Shermer must concede that the people he is talking about are ‘far-left progressives.’ What power do they have? Whom do they influence? Who listens to them? Well, no one, really.
“On the Right, however, not only have the nutcases taken over the GOP, they essentially *are* the #GOP. Climate denial is the sine qua non of GOP leadership. In the 2010 election cycle, for example, not a single Republican nominee for a Congressional seat was willing to accept the theory of anthropogenic climate change.” — Jonathan Zasloff
#MichaelShermer has been a big voice in the skeptical community that I consider myself a part of, but AFAICT his greatest talent is tiling at windmills.
https://legal-planet.org/2013/02/10/false-equivalence-watch-michael-shermer/
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#MichaelShermer is scum
"I was surprised/not at all surprised to learn that Michael Shermer is defending the murder of #ReneeGood, as well as being generally #proTrump and pro- #ICE. I do not read anything by #Shermer anymore, so good on Rebecca for having the intestinal fortitude to dig through the shit he vomits up."
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/michael-shermer-is-scum/
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Amid 3I/ATLAS Buzz Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb Challenges Skeptic Michael Shermer On Alien Technology
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#MichaelShermer - What’s the #NewAtheism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDywmDlfbE
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Religion #Atheist #Atheism #Theist #Theism #Theology #God #Gods #Hume #DavidHume #Agnostic #Agnosticism #Science #FineTuning #Universe #Sceptic #Skeptic #Sceptics #Skeptics #Scepticism #Skepticism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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#MichaelShermer - What are the #Ultimate #Questions of All #Reality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ViKckEmEGI
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #Metaphysics #Causality #Logic #God #Scepticism #Skepticism #LawsOfPhysics #LawsOfNature #Creation #Universe #Multiverse #Sociology #Psychology #Religion #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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Why I am now a Christian by #AyaanHirsiAli #unherd
https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/And a Response by #MichaelShermer #Skeptic
https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-a-christianTL:DR “it isn’t atheism bending the arc of justice and freedom, but Enlightenment humanism—a cosmopolitan worldview that places supreme value on human and civil rights, individual autonomy and bodily integrity, free thought and free speech, the rule of law, and science and reason as the best tools for determining the truth”
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Jimmy Fallon the next celeb to join the man-o-sphere/MAGA I suspect. Scootch over, Michael Shermer.
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An informal take on #morality in a single sentence by #MichaelShermer:
“Try to expand the moral sphere and to push the arc of the moral universe just a bit further toward truth, justice, and freedom for more sentient beings in more places more of the time.”
https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/ten-commandments-for-our-time
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Hey, #atheists and other #secular types! Take the next step and question the provincial religious #morality you’re still rationalizing!
https://newideal.aynrand.org/religious-skeptics-should-question-their-moral-theology/
#philosophy #ethics #morals #values #reason #atheism #Aristotle #AynRand #PhilippaFoot #MichaelThompson #StevenPinker #Pinker #SamHarris #Harris #MichaelShermer #Shermer #Kant #Sidgwick #Rawls #Parfit #DavidHume #Hume #ACGrayling #Grayling #TrolleyProblem
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#MichaelShermer - How #BeliefSystems Affect #Believers
How do belief systems work their credulous magic? What principles enable belief systems to influence individuals and commandeer groups?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btAHRULz3l4&ab_channel=CloserToTruth
#Philosophy #Psychology #NeuralNets #NeuralNetworks #OriginsOfBelief #Tribalism #Rationalism #Rationality #Politics
