Preventing Truth Decay: Michael Shermer on DarkHorse

Bret Weinstein speaks with Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, the executive director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the popular podcast The Michael Shermer Show on the subject of truth.

Find Michael Shermer on X at https://x.com/MichaelShermer and “Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters” on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4qLfojC (commission earned).

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Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.

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Mentioned on this Episode:

Paul Offit on Covid immunity: https://x.com/kevinnbass/status/1891856265292169570

Reasonable Dowd: Ed Dowd on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/Trjv7-eUqt4

Unsafe at Any Speed: Dr. Toby Rogers on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/QQfIo75KHII

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 What is Truth and Does it Still Exist?
00:01:47 Sponsor: Crowdhealth
00:04:15 Sponsor: Helix
00:06:40 Most of What We Accept, We Don’t Understand
00:15:15 Defining Truth: The Big Bang Example
00:22:40 Sponsor: Timeline
00:24:56 Creationists vs. Team Darwin
00:33:51 The State of Science: The Food Pyramid
00:40:38 Corruption in Science and What to Do About It
01:02:44 Fraud Must Be Punished (A Three-Generation Problem)
01:11:46 The COVID Vaccine Information Landscape
01:22:12 How Do You Change the System?
01:26:12 Vaccines, Tylenol, and Autism Claims
01:33:01 Mythical (Metaphorical) Truth & Religion
01:43:18 Bret Weinstein’s View on Religion
01:50:44 Group Selection and Religion
01:56:53 What Replaces Religion?
02:02:27 Science Reforming Within: Gender Roles
02:11:20 Do We Have Free Will?
02:22:34 Are Determinists Live as Determinists?
02:24:46 Strong vs. Weak Emergentists
02:31:12 How Do We Know You’re Conscious?
02:34:16 What if Consciousness Were Solved?
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