Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of “The Believing Brain” and “Why People Believe Weird Things,” joined me on my America Weekend show today to talk about his new Great Courses class, “Skepticism 101.” We talked about teaching people to think rationally and about the scientific method, how thinking goes wrong, whether America is more or less rational today, and how conspiracy theories and cults form.
Listen to our conversation here.