Michael Shermer
@michaelshermer
Publisher Skeptic Magazine http://skeptic.com | Host The Michael Shermer Show | NEW BOOK Conspiracy: http://amzn.to/3Eza8Lf
Rockefeller was the richest man alive just 100 years ago. Today, pretty much all of us live better than he did. How did this happen?
My conversation with Lord Martin Rees on Aliens, The Fermi Paradox, Stephen Hawking, @sapinker (are things really getting better?), The Fate of Humanity and much more. Martin is one of the most interesting and thoughtful scientists around: skeptic.com/michael-sherme…
Scene from Netflix series American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Pt. 4)—ex-agent Mike Gilbert recalls a conversation with OJ at Rockingham as they were packing up the house to sell, in a reflective mood: “It was just one of those moments that was right, and I said ‘OJ, what happened…
RFKJ continues to lie about vaccines. So unnecessary, especially since he has some good ideas about nutrition, exercise, and our massive obesity problem, all tainted by his anti-vax attitudes. He is a lawyer arguing a case, not a scientist after truth. open.substack.com/pub/pauloffit/…
Dr. Strangelove
Which dystopian film got it mostly right?
Re assassination of MLKJ, the King family is experiencing the same phenomenon as JFK conspiracists, namely the proportionality bias: great men should be killed by great cabals. Lee Harvey Oswald & James Earl Ray were losers undeserving of such notoriety. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
So true. Worse, most assassins (and would-be assassins) are scrutinized in every possible detail. We know Lee Harvey Oswald’s every movement, friend, connection, and whereabouts for years before Nov 1963. Thomas Crooks? Not so much. Why is that?
We know more about the 2 people on the left after 4 days than the guy on the right after 12 months.
Humor works best when it takes a truth and exposes it clearly
Man Who Vowed To Release Epstein Files Berates Idiots For Believing There Are Epstein Files babylonbee.com/news/man-who-v…
Threads The BBC drama about nuclear war—some say is the scariest and most realistic depiction of the horrors of nuclear weapons realized. We need an updated film for the 21st century. @AnnieJacobsen 's book Nuclear War: A Scenario would make a great film. youtu.be/vgT4Y30DkaA
Finally got around to reading the @wsj article on Trump and it's alleged new revelations about Jeffrey Epstein. Talk about a nothing burger. Worse than the Steele dossier, Russiagate, et al. Just release everything about Epstein & be done with it. wsj.com/politics/trump…
These are the hand-waving answers I get when I ask UFOlogists why after 75 years of claims about alien visitation they still have no concrete unmistakeable evidence.
So UFOs... an Ancient Consciousness: - Tom DeLonge: “This isn’t just about UFOs. It’s about consciousness. It’s about the nature of reality. And it’s about something ancient that’s been interacting with us for a very long time.” - Jacques Vallée: "We are dealing with a yet…
Here is a quote I often use from Ludwig von Mises on this point: “An anti-something movement displays a purely negative attitude. It has no chance whatever to succeed. Its passionate diatribes virtually advertise the program they attack. People must fight for something that…
Excellent article by a former @uaustinorg insider on why you can’t build an institution on an “anti-X” platform (anti-woke, DEI, etc.) @EllieAvishai quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-…
Excellent article by a former @uaustinorg insider on why you can’t build an institution on an “anti-X” platform (anti-woke, DEI, etc.) @EllieAvishai quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-…
In case you’re wondering what my political affiliation is, it’s on my T-shirt in this podcast convo on epistemology with @CordialCurious and @ToKTeacher (ToK = Theory of Knowledge, a fab global educational program).
Join me as I chat with skepticism legend @michaelshermer and epistemology educator Brett Hall (@ToKTeacher) about the nature of truth and knowledge, the role of criticism in science, and how societies foster error correction for moral and scientific advancement. We also discuss…
One of the best parts of social media and X are the memes riffing on current events...
For over 14 years, people have speculated about why my father @isaachayes left South Park. I’m here to set the record straight. My dad did not quit South Park. Scientology did. After the episode “Trapped in the Closet” aired in 2005, my father suffered a stroke just a few…
Who Runs the News? The Tug-of-War Between Shareholders and Journalists Latest Skeptic article by @mysteriouskat gives a thoughtful history of fact-checking in journalism: skeptic.com/article/who-ru…
Holocaust deniers just asking questions…
This is the brain of an average Holocaust denier. The tattooed numbers are not meant to go up to 6,000,000 for multiple reasons: 1. Each camp had its own numbering system. 2. Some camps, like extermination camps where people are immediately sent to their deaths, didn't use…