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Michael Shermer

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Denyse O'Leary
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November 19, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Professional skeptic Michael Shermer gets it about what’s going wrong at the new Woke Scientific American

Denyse O'Leary
November 19, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
It turns out, Michael Shermer has his own sad story about how he got dumped by Scientific American after a long career as a columnist there (since April 2001) — as he tells us in “A case study in how identity politics poisons science.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 30, 2021
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Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Professional skeptic Michael Shermer takes on Stephen C. Meyer and his Return of God Hypothesis

Denyse O'Leary
May 30, 2021
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
In an age when the Raging Woke parasitize the world of ideas, banning everyone from Frank Turek through Richard Dawkins from public life (when not out setting fires and assaulting the non-Woke), it is worth nothing that Shermer’s 2020 book Giving the Devil His Due, is a defense of intellectual freedom. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 5, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Skeptics duped by fake prof

Denyse O'Leary
September 5, 2019
Intelligent Design, Peer review
But look on the bright side. At least they care. In the social sciences, it’s the guy revealing flimflam who gets punished. But why, exactly, is a PhD so important? The Sokal hoax-ees all have PhDs, probably, and what good did that ever do? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 3, 2019
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
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Michael Shermer’s Case for Scientific Naturalism

Denyse O'Leary
January 3, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
Shermer’s piece, in which he is looking back on his years as a Scientific American columnist, feels like an elegy. The reality today is that, however people may universally seek freedom, China is dedicated to using the high tech born of science to stamp it out and enlisting many other natures to do the same. And science, as opposed to technology, is coming under serious assault from those who demand that nature itself do their social justice bidding. Read More ›