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Are We Risking Our Ability to Think?

The Michael Shermer Show

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Introduction

Michael Sherman talks with Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Mad Man. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire by her Majesty the Queen. This week's show is sponsored primarily by the Skeptic Society. Go to skeptic.com slash donate to support the podcast, the magazine, the society, and all our media efforts.

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