Michael Shermer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Shermer
Occupation	Psychologist
Date Of Birth	Sep 8, 1954(1954-09-08)
Age	70
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

Michael Shermer Biography

Michael Shermer is one of the most popular and richest Psychologist who was born on September 8, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was a popular science author, editor, and producer of Skeptic magazine. He also co-hosts and produces the Fox Family series Exploring the Unknown. His publications include Science Friction, where the Known Meets The Unknown (2005) and Why Darwin Matters. The Case Against Intelligent Design (2006).

He was a guest host on The Colbert Report hosted by He was a guest on The Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert..

Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members. Shermer engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.

Shermer attended an informal Christian study fellowship group at a place called “The Barn” in La Crescenta, California, which Shermer describes as “a quintessential 1970s-era hang-out with a long-haired hippie-type, guitar- playing leader who read Bible passages that we discussed at length.” Shermer enjoyed the social aspects of religion, and particularly relished its theological debates.

When he was young, his parents divorced. He grew up in Southern California and had several step-siblings. He eventually settled in Altadena (California).

Michael Shermer Net Worth

Michael Shermer is one of the richest Psychologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Shermer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Pepperdine University and California State University-Fullerton. In 1985, he published Sport Cycling: A Guide for Training, Racing and Endurance.

He was a former fundamentalist Christian and founded the Skeptics Society, 1992.

Michael Brant Shermer was born on September 8, 1954 in Los Angeles. Shermer is a quarter Greek through his grandfather, while his grandmother was from Cologne, Germany.

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Shermer began competitive cycling in 1979, and he spent a decade as a professional rider. Shermer’s best known bicycling is in the very long distance ultramarathon road racing discipline. Shermer is a founding member of the Ultra Cycling Hall of Fame.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Psychologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Shermer celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.

During the decade in which he raced long distances, he helped to found the 3,000-mile nonstop transcontinental bicycle Race Across America (known as “RAAM”, along with Lon Haldeman and John Marino), in which he competed five times (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1989), was an assistant race director for six years, and the executive race director for seven years. An acute medical condition is named for him: “Shermer Neck” is pain in and extreme weakness of the neck muscles found among long-distance bicyclists. Shermer suffered the condition about 2,000 miles into the 1983 Race Across America. Shermer’s embrace of scientific skepticism crystallized during his time as a cyclist, explaining, “I became a skeptic on Saturday, August 6, 1983, on the long climbing road to Loveland Pass, Colorado”, after months of training under the guidance of a “nutritionist” with an unaccredited PhD. After years of practicing acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, negative ions, rolfing, pyramid power, fundamentalist Christianity, and “a host of weird things” (with the exception of drugs) to improve his life and training, Shermer stopped rationalizing the failure of these practices. Shermer later produced several documentary films on cycling.

What is pseudoscience Michael Shermer?

Michael Shermer. Pseudoscience is necessarily defined by its relation to science and typically involves subjects that are either on the margins or borderlands of science and are not yet proven, or have been disproven, or make claims that sound sci- entific but in fact have no relationship to science.

How old is Michael Shermer?

67 years (September 8, 1954)

What does it mean to say it is pseudoscientific?

: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific.

Who invented pseudoscience?

It was first mentioned by Plato , as a literary device in two of his dialogues. Other stories of lost continents, such as Mu and Lemuria also arose during the late 19th century.

What do you call someone who is skeptical?

A skeptic is a person who doesn’t believe something is true unless they see evidence. As a skeptic, you refuse to believe your sister saw a ghost — after all, she can’t prove it.