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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glendale
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- California State University, Fullerton
- Employer
- Claremont Graduate University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Movement
- scientific skepticism
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Official website
- www.michaelshermer.com
- Image
- Michael Shermer wiki portrait4.jpg
- Residence
- Altadena
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- official blog URL
- michaelshermer.substack.com
- Commons category
- Michael Shermer
- date of birth
- 1954-09-08
- social media followers
- 211111
- member of
- intellectual dark web
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
Shermer was the co-producer and co-host of Exploring the Unknown, a 13-hour Fox Family television series broadcast in 1999. From April 2001 to January 2019, he contributed a monthly Skeptic column to Scientific American magazine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Shermer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.