Michael Shermer
Michael Brant Shermer (natus 8 Septembris 1954) est Americanus rerum scientiae scriptor, historicus scientiae, conditor Societatis Scepticorum, et editor principalis Skeptic, eius actorum diurnorum,[1] quod se plerumque investigandis postulationibus scientiae falsae et omnium ultra quod rerum natura patitur dedunt. Societati nunc sunt plus quam 55 000 sodales.[2] Shermer etiam disceptationibus rerum ad scientiam falsam et religionem pertinentium inest, cum necessitatem scepticismi scientifici promulgat.
Shermer praeterea est unus ex hospitibus Exploring the Unknown, seriei televisificae familiae Fox (nunc ABC), tredecim horas durantis, quam procuravit. Singulis mensibus post Aprilem 2001, "Skeptic," commentarium in Scientific American actis diurnis in singulos menses scribit. Shermer adfirmat se olim fuisse Christianum fundamentalisticum, sed fidem in Deum per studia post A.B. concessum reliquit, seque interdum appellavit agnosticum,[3] nontheistam,[4][5] atheistam,[6][7] et suasorem philosophiae humanisticae[8] et scientiae morum.[9] Dubitavit autem utrum sit utilitas ex talibus nominibus, quae "columbariis factis" adhiberi arbitratus est, ac se scepticus simpliciter appellari mavult.[6]
Vita, educatio, cursus honorum
[recensere | fontem recensere]Shermer in California Meridiana adolevit.[10][11] Aetate sua quarta, parentes divortium fecerunt cum se,[10] et deinde mater viro nupsit cui iam erant tres liberi (qui ergo filii novercae facti sunt), paterque mulierem duxit quae ei duas peperit filias (sorores eodem patre natae). Pater infarctu cordis anno 1986, mater cancro cerebri anno 2000 mortem occubuerunt.[12]
Quamquam Shermer in scholam diei Solis itare solebat, nec parentes biologici nec vitrici nec fratres nec sorores fuerunt aut religiosi aut non religiosi, nam raro de religione disceptabant, neque sacris in templo adfuerunt nec una domi orabant. Anno autem 1971, scilicet ultimo in schola superiori ineunte, Shermer nuntiavit se esse Christianum iterum natum—commutatio quae per auctoritatem Georgi amiculi facta est. Proximos annos septem a domo ad domum evangelizabat ut opiniones religionis sibi penitus habitas serviret.[12]
Diplomate Scholae Superioris Vallis Crescentae anno 1972 concesso, Shermer statim in Universitate Pepperdine matriculavit, animum primum ad theologiam Christianam, deinde ad psychologiam attendens.[11] Pepperdine ei gradum baccalaureatum in psychologia et biologia anno 1976 concessit.[13]
Postdoctorales in psychologia per experimentis facta investigationes in Universitate Civitatis Californiae apud Fullerton multas excitaverunt disceptationes extracurriculares cum professoribus Bayard Brattstrom et Meg White, quae,[14] cum studiis ethologico et anthropologico, eum adduxerunt ut suas fides religiosas dubitaret, et ante medium sui cursus graduati? ichthys insigne Christianum quod circa collum gessaverat amovit.[12][14] Shermer gradum magistri in psychologia per experimentis facta in Universitate Civitatis Californiae anno 1978 obtinuit.[13]
Shermer birotarius anno 1979 certare coepit, et omne decennium hac in arte degit. Per spatium suae exercitationis, is cum technologiis birotationis laboravit ut opera meliora pro birotatione evolveret. Cum societate Bell Helmets, auctoribus certaminum birotariorum consociatus, in rebus designationis consuluit de evolutione polystyreni expansi ut in galeis birotationis usurpari posset, quae ictui multo melius quam scorteae cilicii galeae a birotariis nonnulla decennia usurpatae obsisterent. Shermer eis dixit si eorum galeae galeas birotarum automariarum attingebant in quibus polystyrenum? iam adhibebatur, et veterum galearum dissimilia, neminem birotarium, professionalem aut non professionalem, eas usurpare. Haec admonitio ad V1 Pro duxit, suum primum exemplar, quod atri cilicii scortei simile fuit, sed in parte interiori sicut galea birotationis automariarum operavit. Anno 1982, Shermer cum Doctore Wayman Spence operam dedit, cuius res Spenco Medical, parva copiarum societas, technologiam gelatinosam adaptavit quam Spence evolverat ad commutandam eam in manicas et ephippia birotationis ut syndroma cuniculi carpalis? et ulcera ephippiorum a birotariis passa admelioraret.[15]
Shermer, per decennium cum birotarius spatiorum longorum certaret, Certamen Trans Americam cum Lon Haldeman et Ioanne Marino condidit, transcontinentale milium 3000 certamen continuum, in quo quinquies certavit (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989), sex annos adiutor certaminum moderator, et septem annos exsecutivus certaminum moderator fuit.[16] Acuta quidem diagnosis medica ex eo appellatur: collum Shermeranum est dolor et extrema musculorum colli debilitas inter birotarios spatiorum longorum passa, condicio quae Shermer ipsi per Certamen Trans Americam anno 1983 usu venit.[17] Shermer cum birotarius esset scepticismum scientificum amplecti coepit, nam, ut ait, "Scepticus factus sum die Saturni, 6 Augusti 1983, per aditum quod ad Transitum Lovelandianum Colorati e longinquo scandit."[18] Post menses cum corpus sub aegide cuiusdam nutritionistae qui doctoratu scholae non accreditatae exercebat, postque annos cum acupuncturam, chiropracticam, therapiam tractationis, ion negativum, rolfing,? potestatem pyramidarum, Christianitatem fundamentalisticam, congeriemque rerum inusitatiorum[19] (praeter medicamenta) factitare soleret ut vitam et exercitationem emendaret, his usibus excusatis ad postremum desistitit.[20] Ipse deinde nonnulla documentaria de birotatione produxit.[16]
Shermer Ph.D. in Universitate Graduata Claremontiana in historia scientiae anno 1991 meruit, dissertatione "Scientista Haereticus: Alfredus Russel Wallace et Evolutio Hominis: Investigatio Naturae Commutationis Historicae" relata.[13] Anno 2002 librum ex dissertatione scripsit: In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History.[21] Antequam Societatem Scepticorum condidit, fuit adiunctus historiae scientiae professor in Collegio Occidentali Californiae. Post 2007, Shermer est senior investigationis socius in Universitate Graduata Claremontiana, postque 2011, professor adiunctus quoque in Universitate Chapmaniana.[16]
Societas Scepticorum et Caltechiana Acroasium Series
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Shermer Societatem Scepticorum anno 1992 condidit, societatem non lucrativam quae Skeptic magazinam producit et Caltechianam Acroasium Seriem ordinat. Societati sunt plus quam 55 000 sodales.[2][22]
Opera in lucem prolata
[recensere | fontem recensere]Vicicitatio habet citationes quae ad Michaelem Shermer spectant. |
Shermer est auctor nonnullorum librorum qui ubiquitatem fidium irrationalium vel infirme probatarum explicare conantur, inter quas ignotae res volantes, Magnus Pes, et postulationes paranormales. Divulgavit anno 1997 Why People Believe Weird Things ('Cur Homines Alienis Credunt'), librum qui more scepticarum Martini Gardner scripturarum varias notiones gregesque alienos[23] perscrutatus est, cultibus non exceptis; editio retractata et amplificata anno 2002 prolata est. Praefatio ait:
- Ita legatum binorum generum errorum cogitationis accepimus: Error Generis 1: falsum creditum et Error Generis 2: verum reiectum. . . . Qui ignotis rebus volantibus, abductionibus ab alienis, perceptioni extrasensoria, et rebus psychicis credant Errorem Generis 1 cogitatione fecerunt: falsum credunt. . . . Nec inscitum nec indoctum vulgus; mentis compos, falsa doctum est: sua cogitatio se fefellit.[24]
Shermer in libro How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science ('Quomodo Credimus: Dei Aetate Scientiae Indagatio') psychologiam investigavit quae fidem Deo fulcit. In praefatione scripsit: "Numquam in historia tam multi, et proportio hominum tam magna, crediderunt Deo. Qui non solum non est mortuus, ut proclamaret Nietzsche, sed numquam vivit magis."[25]
Anno 2002 ineunte, sua columna in Scientific American Ultimam Legem Shermeranam introduxit, quae adfirmat "quaepiam intellegentia extraterrestris satis progressa Deo distingui non potest." Ultima Lex Shermerana re vera est Tertia Lex Clarkiana conversa. Etiam anno 2002, Shermer et Alexander Grobman librum Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? ('Historia Negata: Qui Adfirmant Holocaustum Numquam Factum Esse et Quam ob Rem?') divulgaverunt, qui motum negationis Holocausti investigavit et refutavit. Liber, varios concursus cum negatoribus narrans, libertatem loquendi esse optimum historiae falsae remedium concludit.
Liber Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown ('Fricatio Scientiae: Ubi Nota in Ignota Concurrunt') anno 2005 editus est. Tum liber Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design ('Cur Darwin Interest: Causa contra Consilium Intelligens') (2006) argumenta quae evolutionem sustinent singillatim recognoscit, Consilium Intelligens acriter improbans. Liber etiam arguit scientiam religionem inritam facere non posse, et Christianos conservativosque evolutionem recipere posse et debere.
Iunio 2006, Shermer, qui olim scepticismum de generali opinione scientifica calefactionis globalis expresserat, scripsit negationem calefactionis globalis ob inventa nuper coacervata teneri non iam posse.[26]
Liber The Mind of The Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics ('Mens Fori: Simiae Misericordes, Homines Competitores, Aliaeque Fabulae ex Oeconomica Evolutionaria') anno 2007 prolata est; in quo Shermer inventa refert multarum investigationum morum et biochemiae quae evolutionarias morum hodiernorum explicationes aspiciunt. Februario 2009, Shermer The History of Science: A Sweeping Visage of Science and its History ('Historia Scientiae: Amplissimus in Scientiam et Eius Historiam Prospectus'), acroasim sonicam horarum viginti quinque, deinde Maio 2011, The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths edidit.
Conloquia in mediis et acroases
[recensere | fontem recensere]Shermer hospitio exceptus est in Donahue anno 1994 ut negationi Holocausti a Bradley Smith et Davide Cole promulgatae responderet, atque in The Oprah Winfrey Show anno 1995 ad disputandas psychicas Rosaemariae Alteae postulationes fuit. Shermer in episodio programmatis Penn et Teller Bullshit! anno 2004 fuit, cum argueret res in Bibliis Sacris gestas esse narrationem mythicam, non res ad verbum descriptas. Penn et Teller, qui se atheistas quoque professi sunt, cum eius sententia concinuerunt. Hoc episodium ('The Bible: Fact or Fiction?') notionem refellere conatum est Biblia esse empirica documenta historica in quibus homines confidere possunt. Contra Shermer arguit Paulus Maier, professor historiae antiquae in Universitate Michiganiae Occidentalis.[27]
Shermer acroases habuit in omnes tris eventibus Beyond Belief appellatis a 2006 ad 2008. Etiam acroasim habuit in Conloquio TED de "Why people believe strange things" ('Cur homines res alienas credunt') anno 2006.[28] Saepe in Skepticality, podcast publico Skeptic magazinae, acroases habet. Crebrius cum Deepak Chopra disceptavit,[29][30] insigniter Martio 2010 in Nightline, programmate ab ABC News emisso.[31]
Die 21 Augusti 2010, Shermer praemium accepit quod suos conatus in campo sceptico comprobavit, abs Liber Investigationum Grex (Independent Investigations Group) per eius Decimas Ferias Anniversarias concessum.[32]
Aliae apparitiones in televisione et pellicula
[recensere | fontem recensere]- August 1983 nuntii de Shermer birotario in Race Across America[33]
- Unsolved Mysteries, Iacobus Van Praagh, 1994
- The Phil Donahue Show, 1994
- "The Power of Belief", ABC News, 1998
- Politically Incorrect, 22 Decembris 2000
- 20/20, 5 Decembris 2003
- Dennis Miller, 19 Maii et 20 Maii 2004
- "The Bible: Fact or Fiction?", Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, 2004[27]
- The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C. S. Lewis, 2004
- The Eyes of Nye in "Pseudoscience", 2005
- The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, 4 Octobris 2006
- "Doomsday 2012," Decoding the Past, 2007
- Larry King Live, 13 Iulii 2007 et 24 Ianuarii 2008
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, 2008
- "Does God Have a Future?," Nightline, ABC, 23 Martii 2010.[34]
- "What Were You Thinking?," Dateline NBC, 25 Aprilis 2010.[35]
- "Did You See That?," Dateline NBC, 16 Iulii 2010.[36]
- The Colbert Report, 11 Iulii 2011
- Paranormal Challenge, Linda Vista Hospital, 26 Augusti 2011
- Conspiracy Road Trip: UFOs, BBC Three, 15 Octobris 2012
- Stossel, Fox Business Channel, 13 Decembris 2012.
Conloquia in radio et interrete
[recensere | fontem recensere]- Coast to Coast AM, 1 Septembris 2007.
- Dominus Deitas et Scepticus ('Mr. Deity and the Skeptic'), YouTube, 15 Septembris 2009.[37]
- Skepticality, Februario 2011.
- Coast to Coast AM, 21 Maii 2011.[38]
- KGO, 25 Maii 2011.
Vita privata
[recensere | fontem recensere]Shermer Altadenae Californiae habitat, prope marginem scopuli in infimis Sancti Gabrielis Montibus, super quos iacet Mons Wilson.[39] Shermer se in rebus politicis describit libertarianus.[40]
Nexus interni
Notae
[recensere | fontem recensere]- ↑ Caput mali, Skeptic acta diurna; situs accessus 11 Augusti 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Making a living of bullshit detecting, VUE Weekly, 27 Augusti 2008.
- ↑ Michael Shermer. Why People Believe Weird Things (Novi Eboraci: Henry Holt, 2002), p. 136.
- ↑ Michael Shermer, "Response To Positive Atheism 's December, 1999, Column 'Atheism & Fundamentalism,'" Positive Atheism, 14 Novembris 1999.
- ↑ Michael Shermer, Michael Shermer "Testing Tenure," www.skeptic.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Shermer, "Why I Am An Atheist," www.michaelshermer.com, Iunio 2005.
- ↑ Shermer etiam atheista appellatus est cum in Stossel serie televisifica excursu die 16 Decembris 2010 adesset.
- ↑ American Humanist Association, Humanist Manifesto III Public Signers (2008).
- ↑ Michael Shermer, "The Science of Right and Wrong" (Shermer de scientia fas et nefas sermocinatur), www.michaelshermer.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Michael Shermer, The Believing Brain (Times Books, 2011), capitulum 4.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Shermer 2002:127.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Michael Shermer, The Believing Brain (Times Books, 2011), capitulum 6.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Societas Scepticorum], About Us: Michael Shermer (2006); situs accessus 11 Augusti 2013.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Shermer, Why People Believe Weird Things (2002), p. 128.
- ↑ Michael Shermer, The Mind of The Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics (2007), pp. 59-61, ISBN 978-0-8050-7832-9.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Curriculum Vitae, www.michaelshermer.com.
- ↑ Walter Libby et Sue Morris, [https://archive.is/20130412024227/http://www.ultracycling.com/old/training/neck_pain.html A Pain in the Neck: Shermer's Neck (UltraMarathon Cycling Association).
- ↑ Anglice: "I became a skeptic on Saturday, August 6, 1983, on the long climbing road to Loveland Pass, Colorado" (Shermer 2002:15).
- ↑ Anglice: "a host of weird things."
- ↑ Shermer 2002:13-15.
- ↑ In Darwin's Shadow. Amazon.com.
- ↑ Skeptic: Lectures & Events: Caltech Lectures, www.skeptic.com (Societas Scepticorum).
- ↑ Vel insolitos, inusitatos, novos, miros, mirabiles (Anglice "weird").
- ↑ Anglice: "So we are left with the legacy of two types of thinking errors: Type 1 Error: believing a falsehood and Type 2 Error: rejecting a truth. . . . Believers in UFOs, alien abductions, ESP, and psychic phenomena have committed a Type 1 Error in thinking: they are believing a falsehood. . . . It's not that these folks are ignorant or uninformed; they are intelligent but misinformed. Their thinking has gone wrong" (Michael Shermer, Why People Believe Weird Things (1997, 2002), praefatio.
- ↑ Anglice: "Never in history have so many, and such a high percentage of the population, believed in God. Not only is God not dead as Nietzsche proclaimed, but he has never been more alive."
- ↑ Shermer, Michael (Iunio 2006). "The Flipping Point". Scientific American.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "The Bible: Fact or Fiction?" Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Tempus 2.
- ↑ Michael Shermer: Professional Skeptic, TED Conference Nov. 2006
- ↑ "The Great Debate:Deepak Chopra v. Michael Shermer," Skeptic, 28 Septembris 2005.
- ↑ Michael Shermer (5 Aprilis 2011), "The Woo of Creation:My evening with Deepak Chopra". Skepticblog.
- ↑ Dan Harris (23 Martii 2010), "'Nightline' 'Face-Off': Does God Have a Future?". ABC News.
- ↑ "The IIG Celebrates its 10th Anniversary," Independent Investigations Group.
- ↑ "Michael Shermer Abducted by Aliens in Race Across America", Michael Shermer's official YouTube channel, 19 Iuni 2007. Primum divulgatum in nuntiis televisificiis Augusto 1983.
- ↑ "Does God Have a Future?", Nightline, ABC, 23 Martii 2010, Full debate on YouTube here.
- ↑ "What Were You Thinking?", Dateline NBC, MSNBC, 25 Aprilis 2010.
- ↑ "Did You See That?", Dateline NBC, MSNBC, 16 Iulii 2010.
- ↑ "Mr. Deity and the Skeptic", YouTube, 15 Septembris 2009.
- ↑ "Show Summary".
- ↑ Michael Shermer (2007), "The Skeptic's Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism," Skeptic 13:47.
- ↑ "Who's Getting Your Vote?" Reason, Novembri 2004, p. 14.
Bibliographia Shermerana
[recensere | fontem recensere]- 1985. Sport Cycling: A Guide to Training, Racing, and Endurance. ISBN 0809252449.
- 1987. Cycling: Endurance and Speed (Sportsperformance). ISBN 0809247755.
- 1989. Teach Your Child Science. ISBN 0929923081.
- (1997) 2002. Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. Ed. 2a, retractata. ISBN 0805070893.
- 1999. Teach Your Child Math and Mathemagics. ISBN 0737301341.
- 2001. The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense. ISBN 0195143264.
- 2001. How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science. ISBN 0613354133.
- 2002. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (ed.). ISBN 1576076539.
- 2002. Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? ISBN 0520234693.
- 2002. In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History. ISBN 0195148304.
- 2004. The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule. ISBN 0805075208.
- 2005. Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown. ISBN 0-8050-7708-1.
- 2006. Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks. ISBN 978-0-307-33840-2.
- 2006. Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design. ISBN 978-0-8050-8121-3.
- 2007. The Mind of The Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics. ISBN 978-0-8050-7832-9.
- 2009. The History of Science: A Sweeping Visage of Science and Its History. Acroasis sonorum.
- 2011. The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths. ISBN 978-0-8050-9125-0.
Nexus externi
[recensere | fontem recensere]Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Michaelem Shermer spectant. |
Vicicitatio habet citationes quae ad Michaelem Shermer spectant. |
- Situs publicus Shermeranus, www.michaelshermer.com
- Canalis Shermeranus, www.youtube.com
- Situs publicus, www.skeptic.com (Societas Scepticorum)
- Skepticalitas, www.skepticality.com (podcast Societatis Scepticorum)
- De Michael Shermer in Indice Interretiali Pellicularum (Anglice)
Media
[recensere | fontem recensere]- Fasciculi mediorum multorum de Michaele Shermer
- “Michael Shermer's Baloney Detection Kit”, Richard Dawkins Foundation, YouTube, 22 Iunii 2009
- On strange beliefs, TED Talk, February 2006
- The pattern behind self-deception, TED Talk, February 2010
- Real Detroit Weekly Interview, 7 Februarii 2007
- Is Christianity Good for the World? disceptatio cum Dinesh D'Souza in Oregon State University Socratic Club die 15 Octobris 2007, pars 1
- Is Christianity Good for the World? disceptatio cum Dinesh D'Souza in Oregon State University Socratic Club die 15 Octobris 2007, pars 2
- Colloquium Michaelis Shermer de The Mind of the Market, www.reprobateshour.com (The Polyschizmatic Reprobates Hour)
- Pellicula disceptationis cum Shermer, blogginheads.tv (Ioannes Horgan
- “Michael Shermer debates Jonathan Wells on Evolution v. Intelligent Design” in Cato Institute, pars 1 ex 7, YouTube, factus 12 Octobris 2006; divulgatus 11 Maii 2008
- "Michael Shermer visits the Kentucky Creation Museum", YouTube, 15 Martii2009
- "The Nightline Face-Off: Does God Have a Future? (1 of 12)”, ABC News.com/YouTube, Taped 14 Martii 2010; divulgatus 23 Maii 2010
- Formula:YouTube (29 Octobris 2008)
- "Michael Shermer visits Sydney", Maynard, 28 Septembris 2011
- Michael Shermer Profile Ted.com
- Nati 1954
- Homines vivi
- Agnostici Civitatum Foederatarum
- Alumni Universitatis Civicae Californiensis apud Fullerton
- Alumni Universitatis Pepperdine
- Atheistae Civitatum Foederatarum
- Eruditi Civitatum Foederatarum
- Humanistae Civitatum Foederatarum
- Incolae Californiae
- Materialistae
- Professores collegiorum Claremont