187. Michael Shermer | Why people believe weird things

Michael Shermer has gained prominence and renown as the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, which investigates pseudoscience and supernatural claims. He’s written more than a dozen books, and often takes part in debates about religion and magical thinking, and all that sort of stuff. Michael Shermer links: GET HIS NEW BOOK, CONSPIRACY: https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Why-Rational-Believe-Irrational/dp/1421444453 https://michaelshermer.com/books/ https://michaelshermer.substack.com https://twitter.com/michaelshermer Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices