Michael Shermer - The Threat of Pseudoscience

This half hour lecture is from the McGill University's Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium on the confrontation and threat of pseudoscience in contemporary society. As a leading figure in this movement, Dr. Michael Shermer is more than qualified to speak on many of the issues. His down-to-earth style coupled with his laundry list of first hand encounters with the baloney of our day make this presentation (as well as many of his others) an absolute treat to watch.

I myself do not own the copyright to this material. As stated previously, this was filmed, funded, and produced by McGill University, and so far as I can tell, this is their intellectual property. I have uploaded it here so that it may reach a greater audience and showcase the truly great work of the presenter and the hosts. If anyone should wish for me to take it down, I would oblige.

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Science & Technology

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• Michael Shermer
• Pseudoscience
• Nonsense
• Nonscience
• Junk Science
• Paranormal
• Holocaust denial
• McGill University
• Lecture
• Lorne Trottier
• Science
• Science Education

[mystisme]

it is good to be a skeptic but not close minded well let me tell you i am a skeptics but not as much as him and i am classified him as a dum skeptics he talks about schizo well its my domaine and what he say is half true, second he do not belief in life beyond earth see the hubble image of the universe and sit back and tell me that we are alone he dos not belief in gost well i do nt either but i can give answer about the phenomena for him it s an illusion and reject anykind of theory

[BarryJBelmont]

@mystisme What?

[thedeeliciousplum]

Oh, my! What a goldmine! Thank you for sharing these vids. It is wonderful to review this conference.

[sockmonkeydoo]

Yep too much dopamien...my dopamien levels must be off the charts then ...what does one do about something like that?

[sockmonkeydoo]

I see things in things all the time maybe I have alot of dopamien in my brain

[Rockster969]

@BarryJBelmont Indeed and I'll raise you by one 'what the fuck?'

[vikkipollard6]

He means he's been into this since he gave up being a fundamentalist Christian....