Michael Shermer

Founder of The Skeptics Society

Best-Selling Author

Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. He is the best-selling author of several books, including “The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom.” As a public intellectual, he regularly contributes op-eds, book reviews, and essays to the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Science, Nature, and other publications. His two TED talks, viewed nearly 8 million times, were voted in the top 100 of the more than 2,000 TED talks.

Debates Featuring Michael Shermer

The More We Evolve, The Less We Need God

With Heather Berlin, Deepak Chopra, Anoop Kumar, Michael Shermer
March 27, 2018

Does God have a place in 21st century human affairs? For many, the answer is an unapologetic yes. Belief in a higher power, they argue, is the foundation of human consciousness and the soul of all social, political, and scientific progress. Further, some claim, humans are biologically predisposed to embrace religion and require faith to live moral lives. Others are far more skeptical. For them, adherence to faith and religious tradition serves only to fracture communities and prevent humanity from…

The More We Evolve, The Less We Need God

Does God have a place in 21st century human affairs? For many, the answer is an unapologetic yes. Belief in a higher power, they argue, is the foundation of human consciousness and the soul of…

With Heather Berlin, Deepak Chopra, Anoop Kumar, Michael Shermer
March 27, 2018

Science Refutes God

With Dinesh D'Souza, Ian Hutchinson, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Shermer
December 5, 2012

On the fundamental question--evolution or creation?--Americans are on the fence. According to one survey, while 61% of Americans believe we have evolved over time, 22% believe this evolution was guided by a higher power, with another 31% on the side of creationism. For some, modern science debunks many of religion's core beliefs, but for others, questions like "Why are we here?" and "How did it all come about?" can only be answered through a belief in the existence of God.…

Science Refutes God

With Dinesh D'Souza, Ian Hutchinson, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Shermer
December 5, 2012

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The More We Evolve, The Less We Need God

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Science Refutes God

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