"Even paranoids have real enemies," said the poet Delmore Schwartz, who was both clinically paranoid and definitely on to something, according to today's guest: Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic ...

Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine and the author of "Why Darwin Matters," joins Larry Mantle to talk about the legacy of Charles Darwin and two myths about evolution that persist ...

The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit, member-supported organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. The ...

There are scientific truths, religious truths, historical truths, mythical truths, and more. In our current swamp of misinformation, disinformation, truthiness, rewritten history, conspiracy theories, ...

THIS collection of 14 essays dating back over the past decade reflects the passions that have dominated the life of Michael Shermer, founder of the Skeptics Society and Skeptic magazine. Not ...

It can seem like everyone feels entitled to their own opinions and even their own facts. But skeptic Michael Shermer argues that reports of truth’s death are greatly exaggerated. In his forthcoming ...

Michael Shermer sits down with Charles Murray for a riveting 100-minute conversation about Murray’s late-life turn from Harvard-bred agnosticism (“Smart people don’t believe that stuff anymore”) to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Shermer examines the psychology behind pattern seeking, the limits of suspicion, and how the Epstein files fuel conspiracy ...

Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology.

Michael Shermer talks with host Larry Mantle about the recent passing of one of the great minds of contemporary science, Stephen Jay Gould, and other current science stories in the news. LAist is an ...