Why people believe strange things

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Why people believe strange things

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Michael Shermer: Why people believe strange things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_jwq9ph8k

I wonder what would happen if Michael Shermer went to RSE???



Copied from: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/05-05-12

Michael Shermer:

"In my case, lecturing on pseudoscience and the paranormal, I am almost always asked: ... have I ever encountered a mystery that science cannot explain? (?Paris Hilton?)..."



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Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com), the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Shermer received his B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University (1991).
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