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A case study in how identity politics poisons science
Michael Shermer
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Fuzzy Sets, Family Resemblances, and Conceptual Truths
Michael Shermer
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Puberty is a performance enhancing drug. When Male-to-Female trans athletes like collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas compete and win against biological…
Michael Shermer
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The outlawry of war has forced tyrants to concoct excuses for invading other countries. How should we respond? Evidence shows that outcasting in the…
Michael Shermer
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Why censorious responses to controversial claims is not the road to a free society
Michael Shermer
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An analysis of the alternative archaeologist Graham Hancock’s claim that an ancient apocalypse erased the lost civilization of Atlantis
Michael Shermer
10
Because Wilson corresponded with the notorious race differences psychologist Phillippe Rushton, critics claim it proves Wilson was a racist. Here’s why…
Michael Shermer
14
Why Faith Is Not a Reliable Method for Determining Moral Values
Michael Shermer
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A reader asks "Is it normal to be afraid to die?" My answer follows
Michael Shermer
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The Köln Dom is a reminder of the power of faith in a pre-modern world lit only by fire and plagued by poverty, disease, misery, and early death
Michael Shermer
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A coda to my column on Scientific American Goes Woke
Michael Shermer
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On the 214th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, February 12, 1809, why the sage of Down still matters
Michael Shermer
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