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My new book, Giving the Devil His Due (Cambridge University Press) comes out April 9. Order online here https://amzn.to/2JRSRPA If you prefer a signed copy order here: http://skeptic.com/devil Your interest & support of my work is much appreciated.pic.twitter.com/JlHUYJK9EU
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“The Big Bang was not the beginning. There was something before the Big Bang." —Roger Penrose If this theory holds up it would obviate the need for the theist's "first cause" necessary (so they believe) for a deity to create our universe.https://news.yahoo.com/earlier-universe-existed-big-bang-174323840.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma …
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Friday I am hosting Shelby Steele on my podcast to discuss his book Shame & his new film What Killed Michael Brown? He's a black conservative skeptical of affirmative action & white guilt-based government programs. What should I ask him? DM or email me at: https://michaelshermer.com/contact/ pic.twitter.com/6XWGx4aNYR
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Congratulations to Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez & Reinhard Genzel (and indirectly to Stephen Hawking and, once again, Albert Einstein) for their work on one of the most amazing phenomenon in all nature, black holes.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02764-w?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf238522392=1 …
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The most anticipated Science Salon podcast of 2020 has dropped. Ladies & gentlemen of all races, creeds & colors (and genders) I give you the one, the only...
@GadSaad The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/gad-saad-parasitic-mind-how-infectious-ideas-are-killing-common-sense/ …pic.twitter.com/6RJEyD0VA5
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What if you believe "America is the land of opportunity" but you don't believe “People of color are lazy and/or incompetent and need to work harder”? Critical Race Theory fails to account for the majority of non-racist whites & opportunity seeking blacks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-critical-race-theory-11601841968?mod=opinion_lead_pos6 …pic.twitter.com/JBFocddtTL
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I will never again complain about getting a flat tire on a ride...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4H04Rmkrw …
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The aliens,
@BridgetPhetasy instead of invading, are more likely to radio back to their home base "we found no intelligent life on this planet so we're going elsewhere"https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/1254873843648180226 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
If you need a distraction from the 24/7 political reporting & opining, or are looking for some weekend content consumption of substance, my conversation with
@phalpern Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/paul-halpern-synchronicity-epic-quest-to-understand-quantum-nature-of-cause-and-effect/ …pic.twitter.com/H8pkNhoWGZ
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Replicating Milgram A Study on Why People Commit Evil Deeds The results of my limited but revealing 2010 replication (for Dateline NBC) of Stanley Milgram's famous shock experiments. Links to the Dateline show, which is well worth watching, in the article:https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/replicating-milgram-study-on-why-people-commit-evil-deeds/ …
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This is why I cannot support Critical Race Theory. Incremental step-wise change gradually expands the moral sphere and bends the arc of the moral universe. Radical revolution rarely works. Liberal Enlightenment values are the foundation of progress. https://unherd.com/2020/10/is-critical-race-theory-racist/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups …pic.twitter.com/EP3EOYn9jL
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I tend to be reticent to forward scaremongering stories about pending doom & destruction because they so rarely pan out but I must admit that the prospect of the Proud Boys facing off against Antifa in cities like Portland & Seattle on Nov. 3 is worrisome.https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-30/proud-boys-joe-biggs-portland …
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It's my favorite of all your books
@lmlodinow I assign it as required reading for my@ChapmanU course Skepticism 101: How to Think Like a Scientist. High school students would be better served learning probabilities & statistics than algebra & geometry (not to denigrate them tho)https://twitter.com/lmlodinow/status/1311765598699958274 …
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SCIENCE SALON #135 with Paul Halpern —Model-Dependent Realism —Where/what are “laws of nature”? —What is gravity? —What is causality? —Bell’s inequality —Backward causality —Wolfgang Pauli & Carl Jung —Jungian archetypes —God, religion, and spirituality. https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/paul-halpern-synchronicity-epic-quest-to-understand-quantum-nature-of-cause-and-effect/ …pic.twitter.com/eoPYkNOeKx
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Good summary by Ralph Lewis of a bottom-up physicalist explanation of consciousness: no spooky nonmaterial ghost in the machine, no dualistic brain/mind split. As I argued in The Believing Brain, "mind" is just a word to describe what the brain does.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202009/what-actually-is-consciousness-and-how-did-it-evolve …
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It is literally my day job to debunk crazy conspiracy theories like QAnon but I disagree with this author. Let's say we completely debunk QAnon & Trump's base acknowledges that it is BS. Are they going to then vote Biden? No! Ditto 2016 Pizzagate & Hillaryhttps://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-30/facebook-qanon-conspiracy-social-media-election …
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Ditto Trump: "data show that in aggregate 60% of Americans say their opinion of Trump is based more on what he has done as president, while 39% say it’s based on who Trump is and what he stands for." Character & beliefs are trumped by tribal loyalties.https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-30/donald-trump-voters-morality-values …
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Amy Coney Barrett & the People of Praise. This is all very interesting to me & my work on how religious beliefs effect behavior, but is it not irrelevant since enough Republican Senators said they will confirm her even before they knew she was the nominee?https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-29/amy-coney-barrett-religious-group-people-of-praise …
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Vax Populi: The doctor who fooled the world and the journalist who bought him down. My review in the Wall Street Journal
@WSJ of@briandeer new book exposing Andrew Wakefield & the modern anti-vaxxer movement as a fraud.https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-doctor-who-fooled-the-world-review-vax-populi-11601238052?mod=opinion_reviews_pos1 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Very pleased with the growing audience for our Science Salon podcast, last week exceeding 2 million views/listens for 2020. I'm no
@joerogan mind you, but we're growing. Give us a try: https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/ pic.twitter.com/vc6hyswICe
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Trump knows this: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters." Ditto "N-word" tape. People think if only it was released that would be the JND for Trump and his base would abandon him. No. In politics: Party 1st, principles last
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