Avi Loeb's new "UAP Science Advisory Council" (the one announced alongside the White House / AARO / ODNI / FBI) now lists Michael Shermer — founder of Skeptic magazine and the Skeptics Society. This isn't "skeptics are bad." It's that Shermer has already publicly pre-judged the exact question the council exists to investigate, and has spent years mocking the witnesses it's supposed to evaluate. His own posts — all still up, all verifiable: A standing $1,000 public bet that alien disclosure wi...

Can we get a different skeptic for this advisory board who doesn't openly mock people like David Grusch here? This is not knowing how to read the room, @ProfAviLoeb? At least we can get him to take this embarrassing tweet down and issue a public apology to David. This simply can't stand. Be a skeptic, don't he an asshole. It's not that hard. [Quoted] "Damn. If only I had subscribed to SKEPTIC magazine." Time for a new t-shirt as Marshall Applewhite (Heaven's Gate) has been replaced by David G...

This past weekend my gf and I were at Barnes and Npble when I stumbled across this magazine. Has anyone else read this? The interview from James Fox was a good read. Lots of interesting takes - I recommend it if anyone is passing the magazine aisle

Speaking of empirical evidence, Michael Shermer sure $pends a lot of time tweeting about something he does not believe in. 💵 #uapx #MichaelShermer #SkepticSociety #SkepticMagazine https://t.co/5HGdJZjEvj https://t.co/HkUhTTDvTo [Quoted] The reason @DouthatNYT that the answer UFOlogists give you of “I can’t tell you” is because there is no alien tech. There’s a reason @dwpasulka is a scholar of religious studies. UFOlogy is a religion. There will NEVER be empirical evidence. https://t.co/8dTv...