Michael Shermer



 

Michael Shermer

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avg rating: 3.85 | 820 ratings | 19 distinct works
Why People Believe Weird Thing... Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (Paperback)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.96 — 298 ratings — published 2002
8 editions
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Why Darwin Matters: The Case A... Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design (Hardcover)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.97 — 96 ratings — published 2006
2 editions
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The Science of Good and Evil:... The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule (Paperback)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.93 — 85 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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How We Believe: Science, Skept... How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (second edition)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.83 — 84 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Science Friction: Where the Kn... Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown (Paperback)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.38 — 50 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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The Borderlands of Science: Wh... The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense (Paperback)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.37 — 35 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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The Mind of the Market: Compas... The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics (Hardcover)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 3.65 — 31 ratings — published 2007
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Denying History: Who Says the... Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Ps... The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience 2 volume set (Hardcover)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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In Darwin's Shadow: The Life a... In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace (Hardcover)
by Michael Shermer
avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 2002
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quotes by Michael Shermer

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"Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not."
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"There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades.
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Michael Shermer
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"Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy."
Michael Shermer (Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design)
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