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guess she couldn’t find anybody
Claire Lehmann reposted Michael Shermer & @michaelshermer Follow Excellent article by @clairlemon @Quillette on causal explanations for witch trials and applications to current events related to the Epstein Files. Moral panics are fascinating psycho-social phenomena. Epstein Mania on the Digital Borderlands Claire Lehmann
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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#MichaelShermer #atheism
April 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
went to x the everything app to see if he’d responded, unfortunately no

most recent post is this:

you’re telling me THIS guy might have some unsavory views on race?? come on now, that’s absurd
Steven Pinker ® @sapinker • 1d Why Woke Failed. (The movement was based on flawed understandings of human nature, argues @michaelshermer)
June 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Wenn ihn dann Leute darauf aufmerksam machen, dass er falsch liegt, was macht der Oberskeptiker dann? Grok fragen. Wenn der seinen Kritikern recht gibt, dann glaubt er das auch. Wie schön. Are you doing a science here?
Michael Shermer @michaelshermer · 11. Jan. According to Grok @jeremiahnsavage the other video with an anti-ICE activist taunting agents with a 6-year old in her car may be a different woman. So I stand corrected. But this is an example of my larger point: peaceful protesting is one thing; taunting armed officers is foolish risk-taking.
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Ich kann gar nicht sagen, wie sehr mich das anekelt. Die Schuld an einem Mord dem Mordopfer zuschieben ist wirklich das Letzte.
Michael Shermer @michaelshermer A broader point beyond the Renee Good case: Yes, legally you should be able to get into the face of an armed officer and taunt him, or when he tells you to stop and get out of your car you drive away, all without getting shot, but if he snaps and you're dead, the principle of extreme ownership and personal responsibility means you were at least partially responsible for your death. You could have done otherwise. Choose wisely.
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Great thinkers are often prescient in their pronouncements, and Hannah Arendt is one of the greats...
July 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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September 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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I have a feeling I will be repeating this sentence often in the coming weeks...
In America your speech is free, but it is not free of consequences.
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ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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🗣️Given that there is no more evidence for aliens👽than there is for God,⛪️believers🙏in either one must take a leap of faith or else suspend judgment👨‍⚖️until evidence emerges to the contrary.✨
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January 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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May 3, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Free Will Debate: Daniel Dennett vs. Gregg Caruso | It was always great to talk philosophy with Dan. Here is one of my exchanges with him, on the @michaelshermer Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxhA...
Free Will Debate: Daniel Dennett vs. Gregg Caruso
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March 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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January 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Why Survival Isn’t Enough: The Deep Human Need to Matter
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January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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New podcast now available on The Michael Shermer Show !

Very interesting discussion about why and how people follow orders, even when it involves inflicting severe harm on others.

#Skeptic #Obedience #Academia #Neuroscience #michaelshermer

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Why We Follow Orders: The Neuroscience of Compliance and Control
About this episode: Why do ordinary people carry out extraordinary harm when simply told to do so? From the Holocaust to the genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Cambodia, history shows how obedience to ...
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April 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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No. But I'm available! RT @saramayhew: @michaelshermer So I shouldn't invite John Galt to my Beer, Bacon, and Free Healthcare party?
December 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Check out Quillette's latest video, Are we living in a post-truth world?
Are we living in a post-truth world?
Are we living in a post-truth world? American science writer and author Michael Shermer answers this question on our latest podcast, which @quillette's Iona Italia hosts. Click the link in our bio to listen to the full episode ⬆ Subscribe to @quillette for more insightful and exciting journalism. #quillette #podcast #michaelshermer #news #politics #clairelehmann #ionaitalia #science #philosophy
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April 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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My mother saw something when she was 15.

She hid it her entire adult life, terrified of what people would think. Six months before she passed, she finally told me everything.

This is why @michaelshermer doesn't belong on The White House UAP science council.

Watch: youtu.be/Cl_hLeNzOOU
June 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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TRUTH with Author Michael Shermer - Ye Shall Know The Truth and the Truth Shall Set You Free
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July 6, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Having watched about half of it so far, there were at least a few who at least sounded like they were educated. But as #michaelshermer once said “Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.”
February 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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with propaganda that covers up their wretched abuse." Read the article at #transnewsnetwork #epstein #lawrencekrauss #richarddawkins #stevenpinker #johnbrockman #jonathanhaidt #roberttrivers #samharris #michaelshermer #mattridley #jerrycoyne #bariweiss

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Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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