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Attorney For Freedom Show - Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, founder of
The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which
is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural
claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members. Shermer
also engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and
religion in which he promulgates the need for scientific skepticism.
Shermer is also the producer and co-host of the 13-hour Fox Family (now ABC Family) television series Exploring the Unknown. Since April 2001, he has been a monthly columnist for Scientific American magazine with his Skeptic column.
Shermer states he was once a fundamentalist Christian, but abandoned his belief in God during his graduate studies, and has described himself as an agnostic, non-theist, atheist and advocate for humanist philosophy as well as the science of morality. 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.
Shermer is also the producer and co-host of the 13-hour Fox Family (now ABC Family) television series Exploring the Unknown. Since April 2001, he has been a monthly columnist for Scientific American magazine with his Skeptic column.
Shermer states he was once a fundamentalist Christian, but abandoned his belief in God during his graduate studies, and has described himself as an agnostic, non-theist, atheist and advocate for humanist philosophy as well as the science of morality. 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.