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(0)Michael Shermer
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2022.
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"The author discusses how we should think about conspiracy theories, who believes them and why, which conspiracy theories are likely to be true or false and what criteria we can use to assess them, and what we should do to combat dangerous conspiracism and reestablish trust in our democratic institutions, in the media, and in one another"--
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How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so emotional and irrational about bottom-line financial and business decisions? Is the capitalist marketplace a sort of Darwinian organism, evolved through natural selection as the fittest way to satisfy our needs? In this eye-opening exploration, author and psychologist Michael Shermer uncovers the evolutionary roots of our economic behavior.
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Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific American
For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and theory for a general audience. His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, in Skeptic, seventy-five...
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A new edition covering the latest scientific research on how the brain makes us believers or skeptics
Recent polls report that 96 percent of Americans believe in God, and 73 percent believe that angels regularly visit Earth. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?
These provocative questions lie at the...
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H.L. Mencken was America's most prominent iconoclastic journalist of the first half of the 20th century, and he still has a considerable following. Mencken's writings have been in print continuously for over 100 years, including a collection published in the 1950s that's still in print almost 70 years after it was first published.This is the first new collection of Mencken's writings to appear in decades, and it consists primarily of complete pieces...
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Despite our best efforts, we're all vulnerable to believing things without using logic or having proper evidence - and it doesn't matter how educated or well read we are. But there is a method for avoiding such pitfalls of human nature, and it's called skepticism. By using rational inquiry and seeing subjects from a scientific perspective, we can approach even the most sensitive claims with clear eyes to ultimately arrive at the truth. During 18 lectures...
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Las ideas más peregrinas tienen hoy que adoptar una vestidura «científica» para obtener credibilidad. No son ahora extrañas las «pruebas» de abducciones extraterrestres o de poderes telepáticos o los «documentos» que respaldan que el Holocausto nunca ocurrió. Schermer se interna en ese mundo de profetas y visionarios, fundamentalistas religiosos e «historiadores» racistas, y nos ofrece un análisis de sus credos y métodos, que desmonta...
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Two controversial authors debate the nature and methods of science, its dogmas, and its future. Rupert Sheldrake argues that science needs to free itself from materialist dogma while Michael Shermer contends that science, properly conceived, is a materialistic enterprise; for science to look beyond materialist explanations is to betray science and engage in superstition. Issues discussed include: materialism and its role in science, whether belief...
10) Science Friction
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Those TV documentaries you see, and the science experts they feature? Did you know that producers often deceptively edit them and twist their words, to make them say the opposite of what they actually said? Science Friction sets the record straight.
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Proof volume 9
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We investigate Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Dr. Michael Shermer and investigator Ellie Arket present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 1
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We investigate Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP), and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Roger Moore, Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz and Shauna Grace present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 11
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We investigate Weather Control and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: investigators Scooter McGee and Robert Sheaffer present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 8
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We investigate Mind Control, and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Dr Nany Irwin and investigator Olympia LePoint present opposing cases and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 3
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We investigate the Dark Web. We show you video clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Journalist Eileen Ormsby and cyber-expert Lou Rabon present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 6
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We investigate strange creatures - Cryptids, and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Jin Kelley and Robert Sheaffer present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 7
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We investigate the role of secret societies, and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: anonymous operative "Q", and James Underdown present opposing cases and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 5
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We investigate Shadow People, and show you clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Jin Kelley, Shauna Grace and Robert Sheaffer present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.
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Proof volume 4
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We investigate the Denver Airport Conspiracy. We show you video clips and stories that suggest that this phenomenon is real. Our experts: Journalist Scooter McGee and Dr. Michael Shermer present opposing cases, and you decide whether you've seen the Proof.