153. Kevin Dutton — Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
In episode 153, Michael speaks with University of Oxford research psychologist Dr. Kevin Dutton about his new book Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World. Shermer an...
19 Jan 20211h 46min
152. Politics & Truth — Michael Shermer Responds to Critics of His Commentary "Trump & Truth"
Dr. Michael Shermer received a lot of interesting and constructive responses to episode 151, his commentary on the events of January 6, 2021 — the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters. In episo...
17 Jan 202121min
151. Trump & Truth — A Commentary by Michael Shermer
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire In this monologue commentary on the events of January 6, 2021, Dr. Shermer applies causal inference theory to ...
12 Jan 202146min
150. Daniel Lieberman — Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
"Nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthropology." In this myth-busting bo...
5 Jan 20211h 30min
149. The After Time: The Future of Civilization After COVID-19
In this special episode of the Science Salon podcast, the last of 2020, Dr. Michael Shermer offers some reflections on 2020, starting with race and the Black Lives Movement, putting it into perspectiv...
29 Des 202043min
148. Have Archetype — Will Travel: The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon
In this special episode of the Science Salon podcast Dr. Michael Shermer reflects on the recent resurrection of Jordan Peterson, the resurgent criticism of him and why so many people attack him, why s...
22 Des 202041min
147. David Barash — On the Brink of Destruction
In a conversation based on the book Threats: Intimidation and its Discontents, Shermer and Barash discuss: 2020 as the most momentous year of the past half century, judging historical figures based o...
15 Des 20201h 49min
146. Donald Prothero — Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet
Shermer and Prothero discuss: flat earth theories and how we know the earth is round, hollow earth theories and how we know it's not hollow, the return of Ptolemy and an earth-centered solar system m...
8 Des 20201h 18min
