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eSkeptic for March 27, 2021
Qonspiracy Warehouse: Spoof on the Creation of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Happy 80th Birthday, Richard Dawkins: A Fountainhead of Skepticism QONSPIRACY WAREHOUSE A film by Brian Dalton and Michael...
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eSkeptic for July 10, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 192: Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution EPISODE # 192 Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution In a few decades,...
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Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution
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eSkeptic for September 1, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 205: A conversation with Richard Dawkins on evangelizing for evolution, science, skepticism, philosophy, reason, and rationality, based on his new book Books Do Furnish a...
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Richard Dawkins on evangelizing for evolution, science, skepticism,...
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eSkeptic for September 4, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 206: Nichola Raihani — The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World EPISODE # 206 Nichola Raihani — The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World...
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Nichola Raihani — The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
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eSkeptic for September 25, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 212: Gale Sinatra & Barbara Hofer — Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It EPISODE # 212 Gale Sinatra & Barbara Hofer — Science Denial: Why It...
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Gale Sinatra & Barbara Hofer — Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do...
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eSkeptic for October 26, 2021
The Michael Shermer Show # 221: Antonio Damasio — Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious Darwin and His Bears: How Darwin Bear and His Galápagos Islands Friends Inspired a Scientific Revolution...
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eSkeptic for December 21, 2021
Help Us Continue Pat Linse’s Legacy : A Note from Michael Shermer — Executive Director of Your Skeptics Society The Michael Shermer Show # 237: David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything: A New History...
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David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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Mytho-history: The “Evolution” of Adam and Eve
One of the most influential conservative Christian theologians goes all-in for evolutionary science and finds room for a Paleolithic Adam and Eve. This has left some schools of Christian orthodoxy...
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Remembering Edward O. Wilson
The loss of the celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson last week will be mourned by legions of readers for whom his work was a beacon, shaping the public understanding of evolution, clarifying the...
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Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021):Reminiscences and a Tribute
The recent death of Edward O. Wilson, a preeminent evolutionary biologist who taught for 40 years at Harvard University, represents an enormous loss for science as well as for the cause of biological...
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eSkeptic for January 8, 2022
Tribute: Mark W. Moffett remembers Edward O. Wilson Tribute: Frank J. Sulloway remembers Edward O. Wilson Michael Shermer on Substack: Recap of recent posts To honor the legendary evolutionary...
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eSkeptic for January 25, 2022
Trans Reality: “I Didn’t Know There Was Another Side” The Michael Shermer Show # 244: Johnjoe McFadden on simplicity in science, based on his book Life is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free...
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Johnjoe McFadden on simplicity in science, based on his book Life is Simple:...
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss244_Johnjoe_McFadden_2022_1_14.mp3 Download MP3 Centuries ago, the principle of Occam’s razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be...
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eSkeptic for March 26, 2022
Who Endorses Conspiracy Theories about Government Elites? : A New Skeptic Research Center Report From Our Paranormal & Conspiratorial Ideation Study (PCIS) The Michael Shermer Show # 257: Simon...
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Simon Conway Morris on Design in Evolution & the Possibility of Purpose in...
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eSkeptic for April 12, 2022
A reply to Bert Hölldobler: On the Matter of Edward O. Wilson, Race, Racism, and Race Science The Michael Shermer Show # 262: Oliver Stone on Ukraine, Putin, and the Military-Industrial Complex In...
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A reply to Bert Hölldobler on the Matter of Edward O. Wilson, Race, Racism,...
I read with great interest and appreciation your defense of Ed Wilson published on skeptic.com on April 5, 2022, “Self-Righteous Vigilantism in Science: The Case of Edward O. Wilson,” and I just have...
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Richard Dawkins — Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
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Nature’s God: Why Christians Should Accept the Theory of Evolution
American Christian fundamentalists reject Darwinian evolution for at least two reasons. The first is their belief that the Bible has revealed a clear teaching about the divine creation of the world...
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Michael Strevens — The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern...
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Paradoxes of Religion and Science in the USA
Science and religion present two paradoxes in the United States. On the one hand, the U.S. is the undisputed world leader in science. Yet, the U.S. is also the wealthy industrialized country with the...
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Kevin Kelly — ChatGPT, OpenAI, and Excellent Advice for Living
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On the Origin of Time — Thomas Hertog on Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory
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Daniel Dennett Looks Back on His Career
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sciencesalon/mss376_Dan_Dennett_2023_10_02.mp3 Download MP3 Preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist, Daniel Dennett has spent his career considering the...
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Adam Frank — Aliens: Real and Imagined
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