TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

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TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
OP - June 19, 2010, 11:20 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6-iVz1R0o

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #1 - June 19, 2010, 11:24 AM

MICHAEL SHERMER ON TED!

Now, that's my kind of feast. nom nom nom

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #2 - June 19, 2010, 11:47 AM

Oh interesting I've only just heard of him.

And another ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_jwq9ph8k

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #3 - June 19, 2010, 11:50 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer

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Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954, in Glendale, California) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic,[1] which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members.[2]

Shermer is also the producer and co-host of the 13-hour Fox Family television (now ABC Family) series Exploring the Unknown. Since April 2004, he has been a monthly columnist for Scientific American magazine with his Skeptic column. Shermer states he was once a fundamentalist Christian, but converted from a belief in God during his graduate studies, and has described himself as an agnostic,[3] nontheist,[4][5] atheist[6] and advocate for humanist philosophy.[7] He has expressed reservations about such labels, however, as he sees them being used in the service of 'pigeonholing,' and prefers to simply be called a skeptic.[6]

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #4 - June 19, 2010, 12:01 PM

Quote from: HighOctane on June 19, 2010, 11:47 AM
Oh interesting I've only just heard of him.

He's really good. You've seen the Baloney Detection Kit video right? It's my favourite video on the internet.

The other thing I like about Michael Shermer is that he comes across as a really nice guy, and he fights pseudoscience in a very reasonable, good-natured manner.

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And another ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_jwq9ph8k

Yeah, I've seen this one.

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #5 - June 19, 2010, 02:17 PM

Oh yes I have seen that indeed. In fact I even showed it to my younger brother a while back because he kept using the word "baloney" for everything and tried to get him to acknowledge what it means to have an open (but appropriately critical) mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU

Interesting that The Skeptics Society was formed in 1992.

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Re: TED Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Reply #6 - June 19, 2010, 03:59 PM

excellent video. great points

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