Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
Michael ShermerThe fate of the paranormal is to become the normal as our horizons of understanding expand.
Michael ShermerMammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish.
Michael ShermerThe evening was very professionally organized, and most of the people were exceptionally polite, although it did make me a little nervous when one church official told me after the debate when a big crowd of people surrounded me that he had assigned me a body guard "just in case." Just in case what? I thought Christians were suppose to be exceptionally tolerant. Well, in any case, I guess I was grateful for the gesture, "just in case."
Michael Shermer