# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-shermer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:07.135Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-shermer"
name: "Michael Shermer"
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description: "Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism."
tagline: "American science writer"
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birthDate: "1954-09-08"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump