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Michael Shermer was born on September 8, 1954 in New York City. He is an American science writer, historian of science, and popularizer of science. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and the Skeptics Society, a non-profit educational organization that promotes scientific skepticism. Shermer is the author of a number of books, including Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and The Science of Good and Evil.