Are You Skeptical Enough? Challenging Your Beliefs with Michael Shermer
The Science of Success
Matt Bodnar
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Michael Shermer is an author, the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. His new book is Giving the Devil his Due, a defense of Free Speech and Open Inquiry in Politics, Culture and Science. He is also the author of The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies, and many others. He appeared on such shows as The Colbert Report, 20/20, Dateline, Charlie Rose, and Larry King Live (but, proudly, never Jerry Springer!). He has been interviewed in countless documentaries aired on PBS, A&E, Discovery, and other science and learning channels. He regularly contributes opinion editorials, essays, and reviews to: the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Science, Nature, and other publications. His two TED talks, seen by millions, were voted in the top 100 of the more than 1000 TED talks.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Science of Success, the number one evidence-based growth podcast on the |
| 0:08.9 | Internet, bringing the world's top experts right to you, introducing your hosts, Matt |
| 0:14.6 | Bodner and Austin Fable. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to the Science of Success, the number one evidence-based growth podcast on the Internet, |
| 0:23.5 | with more than 5 million downloads and listeners in over 100 countries. |
| 0:27.8 | If you don't find some of your beliefs challenged by this episode, you aren't listening hard |
| 0:32.7 | enough. |
| 0:33.7 | Our guest, Dr. Michael Schirmer, defends Holocaust deniers, debunks, anti-vaxxers, and much |
| 0:39.8 | more in a sweeping conversation that hits the heart of some of the most controversial |
| 0:44.7 | and polarizing issues of our time. |
| 0:47.3 | How do we search for truth in a world full of noise? |
| 0:50.4 | How do we uphold free speech and freedom of inquiry during that quest? |
| 0:54.7 | How do we wrestle with some of the biggest and toughest issues we face as a society today? |
| 1:00.2 | We talk about all that and much more in this interview with Michael. |
| 1:04.2 | Are you a fan of the show and have you been enjoying the content that we put together |
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