“Skepticism: Why critical thinking makes you smarter” – Bill Nye, Derren Brown & more | Big Think

"I like to keep an open mind... but not so open that my brains fall out."Lawrence Krauss (theoretical physicist) It's not always easy to tell the difference between objective truth and what we believe to be true. Separating facts from opinions, according to skeptic Michael Shermer, theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss, and others, requires research, self-reflection,…

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“The Believing Brain: Ghosts, God and Politics” – Michael SHERMER

Michael Shermer, Ph.D., publisher of Skeptic magazine, speaker at the Reason Rally, Washington, D.C., lectures about skepticism and conspiracy theory. This lecture comes from Shermer's class, "How to Think Like a Scientist Without Being a Geek." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SujNne9ZJow Shermer is a professor at Chapman University and at Claremont Graduate University. Video produced by Panther Productions.