Michael Shermer Quotes


Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.


Citations

Shermer, Michael. "Flying Carpets and Scientific Prayers." Scientific American, vol. 292, no. 3, Mar. 2005, p. 34.

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Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer
  • Born: September 8, 1954
  • Nationality: Welsh
  • Profession: Academic Historian Science Editor

Michael Brant Shermer 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.