Santa Ana Unified School District students attending the Nicholas Academic Centers recently attended a presentation on “The Believing Brain,” given by Dr. Michael Shermer.

Michael Shermer — the founding editor of Skeptic magazine and a columnist for Scientific American — argues in his ambitious new book of history, psychology and political science, “The Moral ...

Michael Shermer is a Founding Publisher for the Skeptic Magazine with 24 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Forum as an Executive Director for the Skeptics Society.

Skeptics Society has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1999 Forum. The year with the most events was 2002 with one event. Most appearances with Michael Shermer (2).

Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills.

Gender Michael Shermer: 'Women Are Not Just Tits and Ass. There's More to It Than That, a Lot More.' The best-selling author of Why People Believe Weird Things sees a fundamental clash between ...

Reason 's Nick Gillespie talks with Shermer about whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise, whether it's coded left or right, how wokeness poisons science, and whether the reelection of Donald ...

Whether they're intelligent design advocates, psychics, or 9/11 truthers, Skeptic Magazine's Founding Publisher Michael Shermer says the world is full of people who believe weird things. Shermer ...

Sally Satel reviews “The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom,” by Michael Shermer.

Michael Shermer got his first clue that things were changing at Scientific American in late 2018. The author had been writing his “Skeptic” column for the magazine since 2001. His monthly essays, ...

Michael Shermer, Ph.D., publisher of Skeptic magazine and host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at the California Institute of Technology, is a nonbeliever.