Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, and was a monthly columnist for Scientific American for 18 years. He received his B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University. He has been a college professor since 1979, also teaching at Occidental College, Glendale College, and Claremont Graduate University, where he taught a transdisciplinary course for Ph.D. students on Evolution, Economics, and the Brain.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - The Null Hypothesis
5:00 - Popperian Falsification & Bayesian Reasoning
13:41 - Ontology vs Epistemology
18:39 - Anthropomorphizing God & The Fermi Paradox
25:08 - Non-Human Biologics & Teleology
35:32 - The Lamarckian Fallacy
40:15 - Skepticism 101 (Biases & Fallacies)
55:45 - Hard Problem of Consciousness & Mind-Body Skepticism
1:02:15 - Navigating Beyond Materialism
1:08:43 - Free Will (Self-Determined) & Moral Responsibility
1:30:36 - Ideologies & Conspiracies
1:37:38 - Sentience & Metacognition
1:46:27 - Extraterrestrials & Artificial Intelligence
1:53:27 - Protopia
1:59:48 - Signal Detection Problems & Truth
2:04:15 - Magic & Illusions
2:08:46 - Conclusion

EPISODE LINKS:
- Michael's Website: https://michaelshermer.com/
- Michael's Channel: https://youtube.com/@skepticmagazine/
- Michael's Books: https://tinyurl.com/5t4ef2zr
- Skeptic: https://www.skeptic.com/

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