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55 quotes by Michael Shermer

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 also engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism....
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Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

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I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish... →

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Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and... →

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In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

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Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science... →

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Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no... →

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Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

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Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.

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A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a... →

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Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and... →

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Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

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We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs.

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But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.

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