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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
Shermer may refer to: Shermer High School, a fictional high school used in John Hughes' movies and set in the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois Michael
Shermer
American filmmaker (1950–2009)
Forget About Me Hughes Entertainment John Hughes's unrealized projects Shermer High School "Marion C. Hughes obituary". Chicago Tribune obituaries. Retrieved
John_Hughes
Axioms proposed by British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke
Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-47291503-0. Shermer, Michael (January 2002). "Shermer's Last Law". Scientific American. Vol. 286, no. 1. Rubin
Clarke's_three_laws
American soccer player
Kirk Shermer is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who was the 1983 Major Indoor Soccer League Rookie of the Year. Shermer attended Fresno State University
Kirk_Shermer
Public high school in Northbrook, Illinois
also used other schools throughout the north Chicago suburbs for his "Shermer, Illinois" locations. Hughes used interiors of the school in his film The
Glenbrook_North_High_School
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
English naturalist (1823–1913)
April 2007. Larson 2004, p. 100. Shermer 2002, p. 160. Shermer 2002, pp. 231–233. Slotten 2004, pp. 280–296. Shermer 2002, pp. 208–209. Flannery, Michael
Alfred_Russel_Wallace
American actor (born 1942)
the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Christopher Sarandon was born on July 24,
Chris_Sarandon
2008 American propaganda film
include PZ Myers, William B. Provine, Richard Dawkins, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Christopher Hitchens, and Eugenie Scott. Expelled features excerpts from
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed
American transgender woman (1946–1987)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975), directed by Sidney Lumet. The character Leon Shermer, played by Chris Sarandon, is loosely based on Eden. Eden was born on August
Elizabeth_Eden
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 meaningful
Apophenia
Science education magazine
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 first
Skeptic_(American_magazine)
becomes the day shift manager and promotes Jeremy to general manager. Clint Shermer (Matt Sloan)(Season 1 and 3) is Chad's nemesis, former night shift manager
List of Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager characters
List_of_Chad_Vader:_Day_Shift_Manager_characters
Annual conference for skeptics, 2003–2015
(JREF). Perennial speakers included Penn & Teller, Phil Plait, Michael Shermer and James "The Amazing" Randi. Speakers at the four-day conference were
The_Amazing_Meeting
Pseudoscientific concept
atoms. Michael Shermer investigated remote viewing experiments and discovered a problem with the target selection list. According to Shermer, with the sketches
Remote_viewing
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 have
Survivorship_bias
1997 book by Michael Shermer
book by science writer Michael Shermer. The foreword was written by Stephen Jay Gould. In the first section, Shermer discusses the ideas that he has
Why People Believe Weird Things
Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things
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
Topics referred to by the same term
established by Roy Harper in 1993 Science Friction (book) book by Michael Shermer "Science Friction!", a 1989 episode of The Raccoons Science Friction (1963
Science_Friction
many scientists and skeptics classify cryptozoology as a pseudoscience." Shermer, Michael (2 May 2003). "Show Me the Body". Scientific American. Retrieved
List_of_cryptids
1985 film by John Hughes
classic. Nerdy social outcast students Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly of Shermer High School are humiliated by senior jocks Ian and Max for swooning over
Weird_Science_(film)
Unscientific claims presented as scientific
and often prone to misattribution in cause-effect thinking. Michael Shermer's theory of belief-dependent realism is driven by the idea that the brain
Pseudoscience
2007 non-fiction book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
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)
history of the fictional town "Shermer, Illinois", which he'd used as a setting in many past films. "The whole notion of Shermer came out of that heterogeneous
John Hughes's unrealized projects
John_Hughes's_unrealized_projects
U.S. state
fictional Shermer, Illinois. (The original name of Northbrook was Shermerville, and Hughes's High School, Glenbrook North High School, is on Shermer Road.)
Illinois
2025 American UFO documentary film
times before". In Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer criticized the film's reliance on anecdotes. Shermer compared the anecdotes featured in the film to
The_Age_of_Disclosure
Absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
ISBN 978-0-334-02680-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) Shermer, Michael (1999). How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for
Atheism
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
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 weird
Courtney Brown (social scientist)
Courtney_Brown_(social_scientist)
Social-cultural system
and tactics in the pursuit of legitimization through legal recognition Shermer, Michael (2020). "The Curious Case of Scientology". Giving the Devil his
Religion
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018. Shermer, Michael; Linse, Pat (2002). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
Carl_Jung
2012 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
and yes." Michael Shermer gave the book a generally favorable review but Taleb responded in Nature magazine that "Michael Shermer mischaracterizes the
Antifragile_(book)
Alleged alien abduction, 1975
Walton's purported account. Science writers Philip J. Klass and Michael Shermer later alleged that Walton had perpetrated a hoax. They suggested a potential
Travis_Walton_incident
2010 book by Matt Ridley
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
1952 book by psychologist D. H. Rawcliffe
many years before the founding of CSICOP. He noted that "Much as Michael Shermer has done in recent decades, Rawcliffe attempted not merely to debunk these
The_Psychology_of_the_Occult
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 what
Frank_J._Tipler
British mathematician, philosopher of science, and theologian (born 1943)
Christian faith, including debates with Christopher Hitchens, Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Peter Atkins, Victor Stenger, Michael
John_Lennox
1957 book by Martin Gardner
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
Book by Richard Dawkins
(organised in eight chapters) about the importance of science. Michael Shermer, editor-in-chief of Skeptic, wrote that "No living scientist is more deserving
Science_in_the_Soul
American domestic terrorist (born 1966)
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 extremism
Eric_Rudolph
1980 book by Carl Sagan
Technology. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 3 January 2010. Shermer p. 490 Brand, David; Friedlander, Blaine P.k Jr. (2001-02-19). "From somber
Cosmos_(Sagan_book)
2021 nonfiction book by Julia Galef
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 to
The_Scout_Mindset
Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022. Shermer, Michael (1997). Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition
Science
Set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums
gender, personal opinions, age, epoch, culture, or nationality. Michael Shermer gives the example of jewelry worn by those in mourning. Most people in
Cold_reading
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 evidence
Alien_abduction
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 always
Malmstrom_UFO_incident
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 Weird
Survival_of_the_fittest
American economist (born 1930)
Taylor; philosophers Carl Cohen and Tibor Machan; science historian Michael Shermer; essayist Gerald Early; political scientists Abigail Thernstrom and Charles
Thomas_Sowell
Annual conference
Sandberg, Juergen Schmidhuber, Aubrey de Grey, Max Tegmark, and Michael Shermer. There have also been spinoff conferences in Melbourne, Australia in 2010
Singularity_Summit
American creationist (1921–2013)
the debate, Gish attempted to prove that Shermer was indeed an atheist and therefore immoral, even though Shermer said he was not an atheist and was willing
Duane_Gish
Willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true
of (Shermer, 1997): "claims presented so that they appear [to be] scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility" (Shermer 1997
Credulity
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 what
Deepak_Chopra
American collector and skeptic (1958–2015)
Southern California Skeptics dissolved after the late 1980s. In 1991, Michael Shermer and Pat Linse co-founded a new Los Angeles-area skeptical group called
Al_Seckel
Questioning of claims lacking empirical evidence
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
English author and parapsychological researcher (born 1942)
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
Australian writer and producer
How The Secret Changed My Life (2016), and The Greatest Secret (2020). Shermer, Michael (1 June 2007). "The (Other) Secret". Scientific American. 296
Rhonda_Byrne
American documentary film series
threatens to become the champion of conspiracy theories of today". Michael Shermer, founder of the Skeptics Society, mentioned Zeitgeist in an article in
Zeitgeist_(film_series)
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
2015 book by Michael Shermer
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 Better
The_Moral_Arc
2006 book by Rhonda Byrne
hidden knowledge: basically, it's the new New Thought." Toxic positivity Shermer, Michael (1 June 2007). "The (Other) Secret". Scientific American. 296
The_Secret_(Byrne_book)
Widespread reports of unidentified UAVs
leading the public to misinterpret mundane phenomena. Science writer Michael Shermer described the sightings as an example of "patternicity"—the tendency to
2024 United States drone sightings
2024_United_States_drone_sightings
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
Israeli actor (born 1975)
Episode: "Berlin" Peaky Blinders Freddie Thorne 6 episodes Mob City Leslie Shermer 5 episodes 2014–2017 Salem Isaac Walton 34 episodes 2015 Tut Lagus 3 episodes
Iddo_Goldberg
Alleged recollected event which occurred before or during one's own birth
anything like a tunnel as it was being born." Notable skeptic Michael Shermer has also criticized the hypothesis and concluded that "there is no evidence
Near-birth_experience
Commuter rail station in Northbrook, Illinois, US
District North Line in Northbrook, Illinois. The station is located at 1401 Shermer Road, is 21.0 miles (33.8 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern
Northbrook_station
Aerial bombing attacks in 1945
International Review of the Red Cross, nº 323, 20 June 1998, pp. 347–63. Shermer & Grobman 2009, p. 261. Norwood 2013, p. 237. Evans 1996, "Chapter 3: Dresden
Bombing_of_Dresden
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
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
2006 book by Michael Shermer
Intelligent Design is a 2006 book by Michael Shermer, an author, publisher, and historian of science. Shermer examines the theory of evolution and the arguments
Why_Darwin_Matters
American linguist, writer and CIC agent (1914–2003)
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
Branch of philosophy
Foundation report on Science and engineering indicators quoted Michael Shermer's (1997) definition of pseudoscience: '"claims presented so that they appear
Philosophy_of_science
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 specificity
Celebrity death rule of threes
Celebrity_death_rule_of_threes
1968 book by Erich von Däniken
präsent" (in German). Focus. July 9, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2017. Shermer, Michael (July 2013). "How Beliefs in Extraterrestrials and Intelligent
Chariots_of_the_Gods?
Jungian concept of the meaningfulness of acausal coincidences
Books. Koestler (1973). Bonds, Christopher (2002). "Synchronicity". In Shermer, Michael (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Vol. 1. pp. 240–242
Synchronicity
English phrase
"unfalsifiable". Category mistake – Ascribing an impossible property to a thing Shermer M (2006). "Wronger Than Wrong". Scientific American. 295 (5): 40. Bibcode:2006SciAm
Not_even_wrong
Purported example of a recalled past life
the Ireland of Murphy's purported time period, writers such as Michael Shermer consider any paranormal interpretation of the case to be "thoroughly disproven"
Bridey_Murphy
English politician and philosopher (1806–1873)
Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2021. Shermer, Michael (2002). In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel
John_Stuart_Mill
Denial of the scientific consensus on climate change
climate activists, and making the business case for climate action. Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, reached a tipping point in 2006 as
Climate_change_denial
Village in Illinois, United States
named after him. By the 1870s, Shermerville (which also took its name from Shermer) was a farming community. In 1901 the community was incorporated as the
Northbrook,_Illinois
List of UFO sightings in the nation of Mexico
as "proof of alien visitation", but science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer was critical of witness accounts that "varied wildly", saying, "it was
UFO_sightings_in_Mexico
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 football player and soldier (1976–2004)
from the original on August 20, 2010. "Pat Tillman's Atheism". MichaelShermer.com. September 13, 2011. "Bill Maher interviews brother of Afghanistan
Pat_Tillman
Study of UFOs
scientific mind. Yale University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-300-11074-X. Shermer, Michael (2002). Shermer, Michael (ed.). The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (PDF)
Ufology
Keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets
(April 2019). "The mystery of the ⋮ tricolon key". Retrieved 28 May 2026. Shermer, Michael (2008). The mind of the market. Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8050-7832-9
QWERTY
Book by Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman
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 Weekly
Denying_History
American psychiatrist
born by caesarean section to experience a tunnel during the NDE. Michael Shermer also criticized the hypothesis "there is no evidence for infantile memories
Stanislav_Grof
Philosophical idea or system which does not meet an expected set of standards
or searching for new truths", while science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer claimed that "it becomes clear that Objectivism was (and is) a cult, as
Pseudophilosophy
American actor (born 1940)
second film, 1972's It Ain't Easy. He auditioned for the role of Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), but received the smaller part of an FBI agent
Lance_Henriksen
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
own code to extend runtime". Ars Technica. Retrieved August 19, 2024. Shermer, Michael (March 1, 2017). "Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Threat—Yet"
AI_alignment
Election of Lyndon B. Johnson
Presidential Primary." Southern California Quarterly 74.3 (1992): 277–298. online Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy, ed. Barry Goldwater and the remaking of the American
1964 United States presidential election
1964_United_States_presidential_election
Capital and most populous city of Arizona, U.S.
of Phoenix, Arizona. City of Phoenix, Street Transportation Department. Shermer, Elizabeth (2013). Sunbelt capitalism Phoenix and the transformation of
Phoenix,_Arizona
American physicist (1939–2024)
(Japanese) When Scientists Sin (Scientific American, Michael Shermer, July 1, 2010) Oersted Medal (AAPT) – Award Winners "Sigma Xi Prizes and
David_Goodstein
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 began
Missing scientists conspiracy theory
Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory
Book by Michael Shermer
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)
American professor of philosophy (born 1964)
Michael Shermer, Julia Galef and Massimo Pigliucci at NECSS 2013
Massimo_Pigliucci
Emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution
and whales have shown to exhibit what Michael Shermer refers to as premoral sentiments. According to Shermer, the following characteristics are shared by
Evolution_of_morality
American screenwriter (1911–1990)
magnificent monument to a hero". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 13, 2021. Shermer, Michael (December 11, 2008). "Reel Life: The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Edmund_H._North
American historian (1926–2023)
15. Pelt 2002, pp. 46–8. Guttenplan 2001, pp. 167–8. Shermer & Grobman 2009, p. 126. Shermer & Grobman 2009, pp. 126–7. "Emeritus Professor Arno Mayer
Arno_J._Mayer
Rugby union tournament
Linde van der Velden 8' c Mariet Luijken 23' c Isa Spoler 25' c Elizabeth Shermer 45' m Lieve Stallmann 53' c Pleuni Kievit 58' c Franka Holland 72' m Isabel
2026 Rugby Europe Women's Championship
2026_Rugby_Europe_Women's_Championship
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