michael shermer

This September 11, Michael Shermer had a radio debate about 9/11 with Jim Fetzer on a St. Cloud, Minnesota radio show. Part 1 (mp3) Part 2 (mp3) I imagine that Shermer heard that Fetzer was a "Scholar for Truth" and figured he'd dismantle him with logic. Shermer makes good points, but he's not...

CNN, 15 min. in. Pro-Roswell saucer turkeys vs. M. Shermer.

I was really excited and surprised to see Science and Skepticism featuring in the DragonCon program tracks... (of course, there will probably be rather a lot of woo also - but hey...) Science track here: http://madscientist.org.uk/schedule.html#science Also info on Skepicality's page...

Here is the 2007 Skeptic Track Schedule for Dragon*Con 2007 ****************************************************** SCIENCE001;Skeptics and Skepticism 101 Meet some of the heavy hitters in the Skeptical Community as they discuss the different types of logical fallacies, how to spot them and why...

Should scientists debate creationists? Michael Shermer used to strongly feel that science should be defended in that forum, but after his debate with Kent Hovind he wrote: Full article: http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/rncse_content/vol24/620_then_a_miracle_occurs_12_30_1899.asp Richard...

Source (order a VHS copy here)

Hello! I'm Dr. Mabuse of the Skepticality Forum, and Skeptic Friends Network. Kiless suggested I post my "errand/request" here in the "The Amaz!ng Meeting! and other Skeptical Events" forum. I've been asked and invited to Dragon*Con 2007 by Derek Colanduno of Skepticality Podcast to collect...

A video clip from 1983: X2_1DofIVqg After 83 straight hours of biking, Shermer is suffering from sleep deprivation and had a "alien abduction experience."

Just a *cool* update on the new Skeptic track at Dragon*Con 2007. As some of you probably read before, there will be a track of Skeptic content at Dragon*Con this year. For those that don't know what Dragon*Con is... it is a 'culture convention'. It is ENTIRELY run by volunteers, and the con...

I assume by now that many of you noticed the big announcement we made earlier about all the podcasting and now HUGE Skeptic events at Dragon*Con this year? :)

In 1998 John Stossel hosted a ABC News Special titled The Power of Belief. It features Shermer and Randi debunking various claims: channeling, fire-walking, therapeutic touch, curses, and some others. Thankfully, ABC News posted part of it online...

Let's not forget Browne isn't the only one: Article at Van Praagh’s website: http://www.vanpraagh.com/story.cfm?mediaID=9

Did anyone happen to attend the Skeptics Society event this past weekend? Jennifer Oulette, from Washington DC, well known for her blog Cocktail Party Physics, authored a new book, The Physics of the Buffyverse, all about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show, and uh, physics. I was hoping to...

Download audio of William Dembski vs Michael Shermer: http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/audiomartini_7Dec05.mp3 from December 2005. Also: Michael Shermer and Jonathan Wells debate

This headline article addresses beautifully the pitfalls of reporting things, and the appropriate way to deal with falling in to one of those pitfalls.

Here's a 20 min or so video of Michael Shermer lecturing at TED. Includes at least one pic of The Amazing One. http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=m_shermer

I bought "Secrets of Mental Math" by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer. I really like the book and enjoy learning how to do the tricks and mental calculations. However, the main reason that I bought it is because when I typed in Shermer's name at the book store computer it came up. I picked...

There was another thread but I couldn't find it, so I'll just start a new one. This is a last reminder that Michael Shermer will be speaking at Harvard University tonight at 6pm, and then signing books at the Redline on JFK. Helpful links at the bottom of this blog post...

Hello JREF, I hope it's ok for me to take a break from lurking in order to post an invite to Michael Shermer's Philadelphia book-signing on Friday October 13, followed by a huge party. In addition to lurking here and being involved with several online and real-life secular groups, I'm on the...

I just finished reading Michael Shermer's wonderful book "Why Darwin Matters," which I strongly recommend to everybody. It's a concise, elegant defense of evolution and a blistering attack against ID creationism. Although the book boasts myriad quotable passages, I feel compelled to share one of...

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

I just came across these announcements and wanted to make sure fellow Bay area Skeptics knew about them. Richard Dawkins will be speaking in SF on Oct 30 2006 at the Palace of Fine ArtsTheatre. cityarts.net/n.dawkins.html (i cant post full URLs yet) Michael Shermer will be speaking in SF...

Well, this program is interesting, but I wouldn't call the skeptic a real skeptic (not true Scotsmen arguments please!). This guy was totally unskeptical. He thought that cupping and acupuncture made him feel better. He participated in New Age rituals that invoke the Goddess without criticism. I...

" It's mythic storytelling. Nothing else. " & " The bible has written all over it that it is a socially constructed, human-edited collection of books written over many, many centuries. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, I agree with this for many...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000B557A-71ED-146C-ADB783414B7F0000 I don't know who to believe anymore. I started off believing there was a consensus among the scientific community that GW was related to human activity, with the only dissenting voices coming from those in the...

I was searching for some random stuff on google video, and stumbled across a very good debate with Michael Shermer and "Dr Dino" (Sorry, I forget his real name!) It was the first real debate I've seen in this field, and it was very interesting. The search term was just "Shermer", and it's a...

reccomended to you? I'm asking because I will hopefully have in my hands - Secret origins of the bible by Tim Callahan - in about two weeks.

1. America is not the world, dumbass. 2. Read point 1 again until it sinks in, if ever. 3. "Religion and politics should be treated as separate entities" works great just so long as you don't insult Muslims by drawing their Prophet, even nicely. Ask the Danes about the ability of sectarians to...

I think so. Do you?

Okay, so the adventure continued. I'm a huge admirer of Michael Shermer's work. I've read most of his books, and the story of how he gave up a lot of pseudo-mystical beliefs is really fascinating. I hugely recommend his stuff. I hadn't read the little pamphlet he read to us at the Meeting...