355: Michael Shermer—Hunting for Anomalies
October 31, 2023
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Episode 355 · October 31, 2023
355: Michael Shermer—Hunting for Anomalies
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355: Michael Shermer—Hunting for Anomalies
Summary
<div>The Founding Publisher of <a href="https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/"><em>Skeptic</em> magazine</a>, podcaster, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University talks about why we believe weird things, how our brains seek patterns to stay safe, the state of science and journalism, intellectual humility vs. certainty, the surprising rise of antisemitism, and his book <a href="https://michaelshermer.com/conspiracy-why-rational-believe-irrational/"> Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational</a>. </div> <div> </div>
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