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American science writer (born 1954)
Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding
Michael_Shermer
Topics referred to by the same term
Michael Shermer, American writer Kirk Shermer, American soccer goalkeeper This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shermer.
Shermer
American nonprofit organization
irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was co-founded by Michael Shermer, Kim Ziel Shermer and Pat Linse as a Los Angeles-area skeptical group to replace
The_Skeptics_Society
2008 American propaganda film
interviewed include PZ Myers, William B. Provine, Richard Dawkins, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Christopher Hitchens, and Eugenie Scott. Expelled features
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed
Science education magazine
000 subscribers in 2000. The magazine was co-founded in late 1991 by Michael Shermer and Pat Linse as they formed the Skeptics Society. The magazine was
Skeptic_(American_magazine)
British mathematician, philosopher of science, and theologian (born 1943)
debates with Christopher Hitchens, Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Peter Atkins, Victor Stenger, Michael Tooley, Stephen Law, and Peter
John_Lennox
Statistical error from focusing on successes over failures
during inclusion in the index would allow for a bias-free output. Michael Shermer in Scientific American and Larry Smith of the University of Waterloo
Survivorship_bias
2010 book by Matt Ridley
Pliego praised the book as a defence of free trade and globalisation. Michael Shermer gave the book positive reviews in Nature and Scientific American before
The_Rational_Optimist
English author and parapsychological researcher (born 1942)
2017, Sheldrake published a dialog with science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer titled Arguing Science: A Dialogue on the Future of Science and Spirit
Rupert_Sheldrake
1970s commune in McMinnville, Oregon
from the original on 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-04-03. Shermer, Michael Brant (2012-06-19). "Michael Shermer". Michael Shermer. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
All_One_Farm
Alleged recollected event which occurred before or during one's own birth
see anything like a tunnel as it was being born." Notable skeptic Michael Shermer has also criticized the hypothesis and concluded that "there is no
Near-birth_experience
Tendency to perceive connections between unrelated things
statement about the veracity of various causal inferences. In 2008, Michael Shermer coined the word patternicity, defining it as "the tendency to find
Apophenia
Pseudoscientific concept
atoms. Michael Shermer investigated remote viewing experiments and discovered a problem with the target selection list. According to Shermer, with the
Remote_viewing
Subjective experience of victimization by extraterrestrials
narratives have found less popularity in mainstream media. Skeptic Michael Shermer proposed that the ubiquity of camera phones increases the burden of
Alien_abduction
Alleged alien abduction, 1975
with Walton's purported account. Science writers Philip J. Klass and Michael Shermer later alleged that Walton had perpetrated a hoax. They suggested a
Travis_Walton_incident
1997 book by Michael Shermer
1997 book by science writer Michael Shermer. The foreword was written by Stephen Jay Gould. In the first section, Shermer discusses the ideas that he
Why People Believe Weird Things
Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things
Superstition that celebrities die in triads
learns of the deaths of two celebrities and fears for his own life. Michael Shermer, publisher of the American magazine Skeptic, critiques the lack of
Celebrity death rule of threes
Celebrity_death_rule_of_threes
Former U.S. military intelligence officer's claims about "non-human" spacecraft recovery
extraterrestrials are visiting the Earth], only an 'argument from authority'". Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, said of the July 26, 2023, congressional
David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims
David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims
Annual conference
Anders Sandberg, Juergen Schmidhuber, Aubrey de Grey, Max Tegmark, and Michael Shermer. There have also been spinoff conferences in Melbourne, Australia in
Singularity_Summit
Supposed phenomenon
may have allowed subjects to learn the patterns implicitly. In 2005, Michael Shermer expressed concern over confirmation bias and experimenter bias in the
Psychic_staring_effect
Annual conference for skeptics, 2003–2015
Foundation (JREF). Perennial speakers included Penn & Teller, Phil Plait, Michael Shermer and James "The Amazing" Randi. Speakers at the four-day conference
The_Amazing_Meeting
American academic (born 1961)
speaker Timothy Gallaudet; Harvard University professor Avi Loeb; and Michael Shermer. founder of Skeptic (American magazine) and co-founder of the Skeptics
Garry_Nolan
2015 book by Michael Shermer
Leads Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom is a 2015 book by Michael Shermer. Science writer Steven Pinker described the book as a sequel to The
The_Moral_Arc
Antisemitic conspiracy theory
and History edited by Michael Berenbaum and Abrahm Peck, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998 page 15. Shermer, Michael & Grobman, Alex Denying
Holocaust_denial
Questioning of claims lacking empirical evidence
people who had gone missing during the Second World War. In contrast, Michael Shermer traces the origins of the modern scientific skeptical movement to Martin
Scientific_skepticism
American domestic terrorist (born 1966)
forge a kind of racial and social purity." Writing in 2004, authors Michael Shermer and Dennis McFarland saw Rudolph's story as an example of "religious
Eric_Rudolph
2012 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Yes, and yes." Michael Shermer gave the book a generally favorable review but Taleb responded in Nature magazine that "Michael Shermer mischaracterizes
Antifragile_(book)
2008 book by Alan Sokal
progress than the ramblings of postmodernists or fundamentalists. Michael Shermer praised the book as "an essential text" and summarized the argument
Beyond_the_Hoax
American author and commentator
imam Zaid Shakir on Al Jazeera America, as well as skeptic writer Michael Shermer. He has also been a guest on a variety of television and radio shows
Larry_Taunton
American bicycle racer
hours with three other cycling pioneers John Howard, John Marino and Michael Shermer. Lon Haldeman became the first person to ride a bicycle across the
Lon_Haldeman
American physicist (born 1947)
citing Tipler's argument that 'religion is now a part of science'. Michael Shermer devoted a chapter of Why People Believe Weird Things to enumerating
Frank_J._Tipler
2026 conspiracy theory
worked as a consultant for a fiction book. Writing on social media, Michael Shermer, the editor-in-chief of Skeptic, explained that conspiracy theorists
Missing scientists conspiracy theory
Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory
American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)
Retrieved February 18, 2011. Shermer, Michael (November 2, 2003). "Candle in the Dark". The Works of Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer. Archived from the original
Carl_Sagan
American alternative medicine advocate (born 1946)
which were criticized by science writer Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society. In 2010, Shermer said that Chopra is "the very definition of
Deepak_Chopra
American TV series
Morality" JP Moreland, Richard Swinburne, Francis Collins, Michael Tooley, Michael Shermer 16 3 "How Many Universes Exist?" Andrei Linde, Alan Guth, Martin
Closer_to_Truth
Pseudoscience and subculture that studies creatures
ISBN 978-0-230-11829-4. Roesch, Ben S & John L. Moore. (2002). Cryptozoology. In Michael Shermer (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: Volume One. ABC-CLIO
Cryptozoology
American television host (born 1967)
appearing in January 2006. He credits Michael Shermer with introducing him to the skeptical community. Shermer interviewed him for Skeptic Magazine in
Adam_Savage
Organization
Krauss, Philosopher/author Sam Harris, biologist Joan Roughgarden, Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine, anthropologist Scott Atran and astrophysicist
The_Science_Network
American cosmologist
reached 200,000 subscribers in 2024. Keating also appeared in The Michael Shermer Show [wd] podcast in 2019, and the Lex Fridman Podcast in 2022. He
Brian_Keating
Alleged 1967 event in Montana, US
Salas appeared on CNN along with skeptic Michael Shermer. When asked if he believed Salas was lying, Shermer replied "No, not at all. I think we're not
Malmstrom_UFO_incident
2004 book by Michael Shermer
Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule is a 2004 book by author Michael Shermer that examines the transition of humans from creatures driven by social
The_Science_of_Good_and_Evil
Spiritual and pseudoscientific philosophy
history". Many scientists, physicians, and philosophers, including Michael Shermer, Michael Ruse, Edzard Ernst, David Gorski, and Simon Singh have criticized
Anthroposophy
American fraudster and pseudoscientist
with Great Success". Nightline. ABC News. Retrieved November 1, 2009. Michael Shermer, "Cures and Cons: Natural scams "he" doesn't want you to know about
Kevin_Trudeau
Person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human
08.001. "Archailects". Orion's Arm - Encyclopedia Galactica. Michael Shermer. "Shermer's Last Law", Jan 2002, see also Oliver Krüger: Virtual Immortality:
Posthuman
2012 nonfiction book by Eben Alexander
Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife*, Catholic Business Journal Michael Shermer, Why a Near-Death Experience Isn’t Proof of Heaven, Scientific American
Proof_of_Heaven
Long distance cycling competition in the US
1982. There were four competitors: John Marino himself, John Howard, Michael Shermer, and Lon Haldeman. The course started in Santa Monica, California and
Race_Across_America
American illusionists and entertainers
Magic Trick". Journal of Magic Research. 8: 21–32. Shermer, Michael (May 22, 2009). "Michael Shermer - Science, Skepticism and Libertarianism". Point of
Penn_&_Teller
2006 book by Michael Shermer
Against Intelligent Design is a 2006 book by Michael Shermer, an author, publisher, and historian of science. Shermer examines the theory of evolution and the
Why_Darwin_Matters
2025 American UFO documentary film
many times before". In Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer criticized the film's reliance on anecdotes. Shermer compared the anecdotes featured in the film
The_Age_of_Disclosure
Spiritual practice
hits and removing anything that does not reflect well on the medium. Michael Shermer criticized mediums in Scientific American, saying, "mediums are unethical
Mediumship
1957 book by Martin Gardner
a founding document in the nascent scientific skepticism movement. Michael Shermer said of it: "Modern skepticism has developed into a science-based movement
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads_and_Fallacies_in_the_Name_of_Science
English naturalist (1823–1913)
2004, p. 100. Shermer 2002, p. 160. Shermer 2002, pp. 231–233. Slotten 2004, pp. 280–296. Shermer 2002, pp. 208–209. Flannery, Michael A. (26 June 2020)
Alfred_Russel_Wallace
Set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums
of gender, personal opinions, age, epoch, culture, or nationality. Michael Shermer gives the example of jewelry worn by those in mourning. Most people
Cold_reading
American New Age spiritual sect school
of the school (such as David McCarthy or Joe Szimhart), and skeptic Michael Shermer. Melton's book, which denies the school's status as a cult, has been
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment
Ramtha's_School_of_Enlightenment
2005 book by Tenzin Gyatso
minimal at best. After closely analyzing The Universe in a Single Atom, Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine, concludes, "So I would caution both
The_Universe_in_a_Single_Atom
Type of skepticism relating to religion
are also generally skeptical of the claims put forth by atheists. Michael Shermer wrote that religious skepticism is a process for discovering the truth
Religious_skepticism
2007 non-fiction book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
criticised the book's informal style and sometimes outdated assumptions. Michael Shermer, in the Scientific American, wrote that Tavris and Aronson brilliantly
Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)
Mistakes_Were_Made_(but_Not_by_Me)
American social psychologist (born 1963)
criticized Haidt for his perceived obfuscation of harms caused by religion; Michael Shermer praised Haidt; and biologist David Sloan Wilson joined Haidt in criticizing
Jonathan_Haidt
American journalist and documentary film director
This led author Michael Shermer to coin the term "meta-ideologue" to describe Cole. In a 1994 article in Shermer's Skeptic magazine, Shermer wrote, "Where
David_Cole_(journalist)
Book by Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman
Happened and Why Do They Say It? is a 2002 book about Holocaust denial by Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman with collaboration of Arthur Hertzberg. Publishers
Denying_History
Purported example of a recalled past life
with the Ireland of Murphy's purported time period, writers such as Michael Shermer consider any paranormal interpretation of the case to be "thoroughly
Bridey_Murphy
2002 book by Michael Shermer
2-volume set with an attitude [...] a skeptical one". The editor, Michael Shermer, director of the Skeptics Society, pulled together articles originally
The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
The_Skeptic_Encyclopedia_of_Pseudoscience
2004 American TV series or program
were interviewed on the same topics. Guests included Randy Alcorn, Michael Shermer, Deepak Chopra, Shabir Ally, Tovia Singer and Julia Sweeney. Its final
Faith_Under_Fire
American theoretical physicist (born 1966)
Don Ross with James Ladyman. Also in 2012, Carroll teamed up with Michael Shermer to debate with Ian Hutchinson of MIT and author Dinesh D'Souza at Caltech
Sean_M._Carroll
2021 nonfiction book by Julia Galef
thinking with a scout mindset. In a review in The Wall Street Journal, Michael Shermer praised the concept of the scout mindset, saying that it is relevant
The_Scout_Mindset
American actor (born 1968)
from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2006 – via "Shermer, Illinois," a John Hughes fansite. "'You be the Critic' presents movie
Anthony_Michael_Hall
American paleontologist, geologist, and author (born 1954)
Show on Earth: the Evidence of Evolution. Skeptic Society founder Michael Shermer called Prothero's 2007 book, Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why
Donald_Prothero
Claimed psychic ability
Psychological Science 9: 71-74. Heap, Michael. (2002). Ideomotor Effect (the Ouija Board Effect). In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
Automatic_writing
Book by Michael Shermer
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown is a 2004 book by Michael Shermer, a historian of science and founder of The Skeptics Society. It contains
Science_Friction_(book)
Steven Jay Gould book
Evolution Up Against a Wall - by Michael Shermer, Los Angeles Times Bicycles, Baseball, Bacteria & Bach - by Michael Shermer, Los Angeles Times Where Have
Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
Full_House:_The_Spread_of_Excellence_from_Plato_to_Darwin
New York: J. Wiley, p. 344. Einstein's Letter of 2 July 1945; cf. Michael Shermer 13 December 2010; cf. Bonhams sale, 14 Mar 2019, Eric C. Carens collection
Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein
Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein
Concept in hypnosis and psychological research
1111/1467-9280.00013. S2CID 145631775. Heap, Michael. (2002). Ideomotor Effect (the Ouija Board Effect). In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
Ideomotor_phenomenon
American psychiatrist
those born by caesarean section to experience a tunnel during the NDE. Michael Shermer also criticized the hypothesis "there is no evidence for infantile
Stanislav_Grof
Phrase to describe the mechanism of natural selection
hypotheses". Skeptic Society founder and Skeptic magazine publisher Michael Shermer addresses the tautology problem in his 1997 book, Why People Believe
Survival_of_the_fittest
Promotion to encourage truth and rational thinking
government officials, and 850 public figures (including Jonathan Haidt, Michael Shermer, Steven Pinker and Pierre Whalon). The Pro-Truth Pledge has received
Pro-Truth_Pledge
Pseudoscientific attempts to locate underground objects
ISBN 978-0-805-80507-9 Novella, Steve; Deangelis, Perry. (2002). Dowsing. In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 93–94. ISBN 1-57607-654-7
Dowsing
more than the unfortunate by-product of the vicissitudes of war." Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman. Denying History: : who Says the Holocaust Never Happened
Aftermath_of_the_Holocaust
Claim that new ideas spread without communication
[citation needed] In his book Why People Believe Weird Things (1997), Michael Shermer explains how the urban legend started, was popularized, and has since
Hundredth_monkey_effect
2020 book by Brian Deer
hubris and the terrible dark shadow it can cast." Among other reviews, Michael Shermer in The Wall Street Journal wrote, "Exposing researchers who lie, cheat
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
The_Doctor_Who_Fooled_the_World
Inclination for or against
at the Wayback Machine", CFO (1 June 2004). Retrieved 29 May 2007. Shermer, Michael (2008). "Patternicity: Finding Meaningful Patterns in Meaningless Noise"
Bias
Study of UFOs
mind. Yale University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-300-11074-X. Shermer, Michael (2002). Shermer, Michael (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (PDF)
Ufology
Substance in spiritualism
soap, gelatin and egg white." Brad Clark (2002). Spiritualism. In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 220–226.
Ectoplasm_(paranormal)
American economist (born 1930)
Taylor; philosophers Carl Cohen and Tibor Machan; science historian Michael Shermer; essayist Gerald Early; political scientists Abigail Thernstrom and
Thomas_Sowell
Pseudoscience belief that pyramids confer impossible powers
198. Linse, Pat. (2002). Pyramids: The Mystery of Their Origins. In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 397-412.
Pyramid_power
American clairvoyant (1877–1945)
p. 308. Gardner 1957, p. 216–219. Randi 1982, p. 195. Shermer & Gould 2002. Shermer, Michael (August 3, 2011). "Skeptical Investigation of Edgar Cayce's
Edgar_Cayce
Estimate of extraterrestrial civilizations
only detect Earth radio transmissions from roughly a light year away. Michael Shermer estimated L as 420 years, based on the duration of sixty historical
Drake_equation
American professor of religious studies
Religion (published by Princeton University Press) which received praise: Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society and a columnist for Scientific American
Hugh_Urban
activist Michael Shepley (1907–1961), British actor Michael Shermer (born 1954), American science writer, and historian of science Michael Showalter
List of people with given name Michael
List_of_people_with_given_name_Michael
Foretelling the future through the study of the palm
p. 44. ISBN 0-7316-5794-2. Steiner, Bob. (2002). Cold Reading. In Michael Shermer. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 63–66. ISBN 1-57607-654-7
Palmistry
American political scientist
extraterrestrial life, UFOs, Atlantis, and even Jesus Christ. According to Michael Shermer "The claims in Brown's two books are nothing short of spectacularly
Courtney Brown (social scientist)
Courtney_Brown_(social_scientist)
2005 book by Kevin Trudeau
and hitting purchasers with unauthorized charges. Skeptical author Michael Shermer writes: As for the "natural cures" themselves, some are not cures at
Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About
Natural_Cures_"They"_Don't_Want_You_to_Know_About
Theological argument
"The God of the Gaps". JASA. Vol.15.No.4. Dec. 1963. pp. 101–104. Michael Shermer (2003) How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
God_of_the_gaps
Nonprofit advocacy group supporting the teaching of evolution and climate change
advocacy, as well as about evolution education. Historian of science Michael Shermer describes its website as being one of "the two best resources on the
National Center for Science Education
National_Center_for_Science_Education
Psychic research organisation, 1966–1968
is no way to evaluate how dreams run counter to statistical laws. Michael Shermer explains that precognitive dreams are formed by how the human brain
British_Premonitions_Bureau
American linguist, writer and CIC agent (1914–2003)
pp. 207-208. ISBN 0-7618-1067-6 Brys, Maarten. Bermuda Triangle. In Michael Shermer. (2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 52-53
Charles_Berlitz
American biologist (1943–2026)
Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist. Plympton. ISBN 978-1938972126 "Michael Shermer with Dr. Robert Trivers — Evolutionary Theory & Human Nature (Science
Robert_Trivers
Conspiracy theories related to GMOs
skeptics who oppose much anti-GMO activism. Such commentators include Michael Shermer (writer of a monthly Skeptic column series for Scientific American)
GMO_conspiracy_theories
Weather believed to precede earthquakes
Lance. "Earthquake Weather". Robinson, Russell (14 November 2002). Michael Shermer (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. p. 96.
Earthquake_weather
Expressive movement art associated with anthroposophy
Dugan, Dan (2002). "Anthroposophy and Anthroposophical Medicine". In Michael Shermer (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ABC-CLIO. pp. 31–32
Eurythmy
American physician and sociologist (born 1962)
Michael Shermer with Nicholas A. Christakis — Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, April 2, 2019, retrieved June 19, 2022 Michael Shermer
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