The sceptical community are concerned with who gets rekt, beasted and destroyed (Must Watch!!!!!!). That is Shermer's constituency.Why is he such a big name in the skeptic community? I don't see him as particularly formidable. But then again, my personal bias does not generally find any materialist formidable.
He writes a lot of books, has controversial opinions, does talk shows and debates and is comfortable representing New Atheism++Ultra on TV. He also founded 'The Skeptics Society'.Why is he such a big name in the skeptic community? I don't see him as particularly formidable. But then again, my personal bias does not generally find any materialist formidable.
Shermer is such a disingenuous scumbag.
When you finally corner him, he will either 1.) discount your data as "not accepted by Academia in general", and thus invalid, or 2.) plead ignorance and claim he can't believe your data because he's not an expert in that field.
Keep in mind you are dealing with a rapist who has no moral principles, and will thus say anything, regardless of whether he actually believes what he is saying or not.
yeah, window is closed :) interviewed him last Friday.Hey Alex how long have we got? I have avoided this guy for reasons I can't now recall, but I assume they were good ones. Will have to go digging need a time frame.
I think maybe the first question, is whether this guy is really worth interviewing!
However, if you do, I suggest you bone up on the details of his very own paranormal experience:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...-that-can-shake-one-s-skepticism-to-the-core/
and try to pick apart whatever facile way he has found to explain away this event!
I wonder if he ever got a proper analysis of why the radio no-longer worked - to try to determine if it was even remotely plausible that it would not work with new batteries, and then work for one day, and never again!
David
The religion/atheist discussion to me is like the symbol of the serpent eating its own tail...its redundant and leads back to the same questions and answers and assumptions generally speaking
On the other hand Dean Radin has caught up, or maybe its me catching up?
Many scientists are studying the occult, they just don't go public with their claims