secular humanism is often associated with the far left. So we got to get rid of both of those. Just say, no, no, i'm an enlightened, lightenent humanist. Or i'm a scientific humanist. I jist believe in human rights, civil rights, women's rights, gay rights,. l g b t. C writes, i believe that in the freedom of speech, in the separation of church and state - there's no god talking there. Bill step asks, where do you go for your political views? Well, i read multiple sources, whilestreet journal, new york times, alley times, even the local santa barbara
In this AMA Dr. Michael Shermer answers your questions about evolution and creationism, intelligent design theory, the hard problem of consciousness, the origins of morality, how science deals with anomalies, to what extent humans are naturally rational or irrational / skeptical or gullible, and why there is something rather than nothing.