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October 2024

The Most Important Election of My Lifetime…Again
And other hyperboles, such as “if Trump wins I’m leaving the country,” or “if Harris wins it will be the end of our country”
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Michael Shermer
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Pseudo-Skepticism
Philosopher and skeptic Nikil Mukerji explains what happens when idea pathogens infect the brains of otherwise rational thinkers, most notably when the…
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Michael Shermer
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How to Tell if a Conspiracy Theory is True
Applying Signal Detection Theory to conspiracism
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Michael Shermer
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Never Again
After 3,000 years of anti-Semitic hatred, pogroms, genocides, and a Holocaust that nearly exterminated the Jews, how can anyone fault Israel and the…
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Michael Shermer
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From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
A review of Learning to Imagine: The Science of Discovering New Possibilities by Andrew Shtulman. Reviewed by Anondah Saide and Amanda Neuwirth
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Michael Shermer
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Free Speech and Theater Fires
Why Tim Walz, along with everyone who mindlessly repeats the line that you can't shout "fire" in a theater, are misinformed and wrong.
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Michael Shermer
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September 2024

Project 2025
Guest columnist Katherine Stewart on the conservative Heritage Foundation's plan for restructuring the entire federal government
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Michael Shermer
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FIRE Probably Underestimates How Badly Universities are Burning
Sociologist and Skeptic Research Center chief researcher Kevin McCaffree reviews the latest survey findings from Freedom for Individual Rights and…
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Michael Shermer
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Tucker Carlson, Professional Bullshitter
The popular podcast host promotes a pseudo-historian who says Hitler was a misunderstood peacemaker and the Holocaust needs revising.
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Michael Shermer
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August 2024

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