Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories with Dr. Michael Shermer

<p>Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101.</p><p>For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He writes a weekly Substack column.</p><p>He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist and Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.</p><p>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. He has been a college professor since 1979, also teaching at Occidental College, Glendale College, and Claremont Graduate University, where he taught a transdisciplinary course for Ph.D. students on Evolution, Economics, and the Brain.</p><p>Websites</p><p><a href="http://michaelshermer.com">michaelshermer.com</a></p><p><a href="http://skeptic.com">skeptic.com</a></p><p><a href="http://moralarc.org">moralarc.org</a></p><p>Books</p><p>Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational</p><p>How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God</p><p>Why People Believe Weird Things</p><p>The Believing Brain</p><p>Follow him on Twitter @michaelshermer.</p>