Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2016-03-07
Books mentioned on #770 - Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is a 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. Learn more about your ad choices.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Secret Race
Discussed“so he wrote that book The Secret race here's what we did and that blew it all open”
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When Prophecy Fails
When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W.
Discussed“so he recorded this and wrote a book about it called when prophecy fails and the answer is they double down on their belief”
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Dianetics
Dianetics by L.
Discussed“I ordered a book late night TV in like 1994 dynetics I was into like I was into Anthony Robbins self-help stuff”
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Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer is a non-fiction investigative work examining fundamentalist Mormon communities, religious fanaticism, and the origins of polygamy.
Recommended“one of my favorite books is John CRA hours under the banner of Heaven he's a great writer”
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The Moral Arc
The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer is a comprehensive examination of how science, reason, and moral progress have driven human history forward.
Recommended“is this your most recent moral art can take that with you on your vacation very very much the moral AR”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Why People Believe Weird Things
“and I thought that's an interesting Niche to have and and so that just got bigger and bigger in my first book why people believe where things came out in 97 and about that time ocidental College was going through a financial crisis and they were letting go their adjuncts”
Own book The Moral Arc
“in the moral Arc I have a chapter on animal rights in which I show that the numbers are still in single digits”
Own book The Moral Arc
“so I call that I call it in the moral Arc I call that protop Solutions”
Own book The Moral Arc
“so I mean the moral Arc that's what that's about tracking”