Michael Shermer

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Michael Shermer (born September 8, 1954 in Glendale, California) is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Shermer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 88,512x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 48,837x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 44,835x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,586x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 39,551x

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Quotes

• “My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal.”
• “[N]o such individual would find the Golden Rule surprising in any way because at its base lies the foundation of most human interactions and exchanges and it can be found in countless texts throughout recorded history and from around the world--a testimony to its universality.”
• “We're all talking about the same thing, whether it's religious people or New Age spiritual people or Buddhists or scientists. We're all talking about having a sense of awe and wonder at something grander than ourselves.”
• “Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance. Once you believe that you have the absolute and final answers to moral questions, why be tolerant of those who refuse to accept your Truth? Religiously based moral systems apply this principle in spades.”
• “The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.”
• “We now know the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and humans are about roughly 100,000 years old, Christianity began about 2,000 years ago; what was God doing that 99.99% of all that time?!”

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Key facts

Born

( 1954-09-08 ) September 8, 1954 (age 71) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.

Education

Pepperdine University ( BA ), California State University, Fullerton ( MA ), Claremont Graduate University ( PhD )

Occupations

Writer, historian of science , editor

Title

Editor-in-chief of Skeptic , adjunct professor at Chapman University

Website

Official website

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