Reason Magazine
•Michael Shermer: Conspiracy thinking, wokeness, and the future of free thought
Summary
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53% Informative
Michael Shermer is the founder of Skeptic magazine, Substack superstar , and author of many best-selling books about pseudoscience.
Shermer says conspiracy thinking is on the rise, whether it's coded left or right, and whether wokeness poisons science.
This interview was recorded at a live event in New York City in January .
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English
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