Michael Shermer
American science writer · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1954 · age 72
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.
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, Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance.
So, of course, [[Duane Gish|[Duane] Gish]]'s presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down.
My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal.
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The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
