Comments on: Michael Shermer – Why People Believe Weird Things – Part 1/11

By: Josh111485

Josh111485 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:42:37 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! You are the best! Greetings from Los Angeles, CA! I support the Center For Inquiry and all other rational thinking organizations!

Keep up the good work!

By: theredtrail

theredtrail — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:11 +0000

Great video! Thank you for posting!

By: hornetobiker

hornetobiker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:09:40 +0000

Utter rubbish and a dangerous attitude. You cannot refute anything by giggling, misrepresenting or over-simplifying opposing views. This is just playing to the frightened masses’ need for reassurance that all is well. Go back to sleep.

By: hornetobiker

hornetobiker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:23 +0000

@Josh111485
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

By: Cacmypants

Cacmypants — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:04 +0000

Is it just me, or are all skeptics extremely arrogant and closed off?

Also… notice he is marketing his book(s)if Shermer was truly passionate about converying his perspectives, he would provide his information for free.

He is also focusing on topics that are essentially easy to refute, not any areas that might prove difficult. Plus, why does he never stop rambling and get to the point.

Laughter is a powerful (yet hollow) means of persuation, Shermer is exploiting it to it’s fullest.

By: Centigonos

Centigonos — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:25:22 +0000

“Is it just me, or are all skeptics extremely arrogant and closed off?”

It’s just you.

By: oraclecrank

oraclecrank — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:15 +0000

Which one of you pet psychoses did he make fun of?

By: Scientior

Scientior — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:10:26 +0000

@Cacmypants

Not all of them, but many definitely are.
Proper skepticism is quite a difficult conceptual tightrope to walk. Many can’t do it very well, even many of the big name skeptics.

A back-slapping session at a skeptics circle-jerk like this isn’t really the best place to hunt for good specimens, though.

(pollice verso, no doubt)

By: Pr0x1mo

Pr0x1mo — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:37:07 +0000

@Cacmypants Who’s more arrogant, a skeptic who questions things and doesn’t just take answers at face value because he heard it from an authority, or a religious person who thinks he has all the answers because their book says so?

By: pokerslut530

pokerslut530 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:42 +0000

It scares me to think that if the internet hadn’t came around I would be believing in all kinds of crazy stuff. I remember being fascinated with the concept of aliens as a kid and had gotten probably some of the first UFOlogy books given to me. I wasn’t 100% convinced they were out there… but definitely like 75% Same with ghosts and all of the other common urban myths.

Thank the spaghetti monster for the internet!