Michael Shermer | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:40 1 Early life
00:05:59 2 Graduate studies and change of beliefs
00:09:03 3 Competitive cycling
00:14:03 4 Earning his PhD and teaching
00:16:25 5 Scientific skepticism
00:17:08 5.1 Published works
00:23:09 5.2 Media appearances and lectures
00:26:31 6 Personal life
00:27:14 6.1 Political positions
00:28:57 6.2 Positions on gun control
00:29:56 6.3 Positions on capital punishment
00:31:16 7 Awards and honors
00:31:50 8 Bibliography
00:32:00 8.1 Books
00:36:50 8.2 Articles and chapters
00:42:59 9 Media work and appearances
00:43:09 9.1 Television
00:43:26 9.2 Audio courses
00:43:35 9.3 Radio and Web appearances



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Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members. Shermer engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
Shermer is producer and co-host of the 13-hour Fox Family television series Exploring the Unknown which was broadcast in 1999. From April 2001 to January 2019, he was a monthly contributor to Scientific American magazine with his Skeptic column. He is also a scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH).Shermer was once a fundamentalist Christian, but ceased to believe in the existence of God during his graduate studies. He accepts the labels agnostic, nontheist, atheist and others. He has expressed reservations about such labels for his lack of belief in a God, however, as he sees them being used in the service of "pigeonholing", and prefers to simply be called a skeptic. He also describes himself as an advocate for humanist philosophy as well as the science of morality.