Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always — Michael Shermer
People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral — Michael Shermer
Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what. — Michael Shermer
Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that — Michael Shermer
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit — Michael Shermer
Humans evolved brains that are pattern-recognition machines, adept at detecting signals that — Michael Shermer
Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral — Michael Shermer
In the past 10,000 years, humans have devised roughly 100,000 religions based on roughly 2,500 — Michael Shermer