Dmitch
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I don't think he's all bad. But he has what Nagel calls a Cosmic Authority Problem - he can't stand the idea that there might be a God. That, and the materialist cults' bigotry against religious belief, has led them to all sorts of questionable tactics and Multiverse silliness.
The intellectual dishonesty stemming from skeptics' political aims (end goals I partially share) is rot on the souls of science and philosophy. Better to say we don't know anything about God than to sow the seeds of the nihilism materialism entails.
I actually would love it if Alex could kind of bond with the personable Dr. Shermer and get invited to debate with Shermer and colleagues in a more public setting. I would definitely allow Shermer his moment to push his book and please ask about his important role in helping to create the famous endurance cycling sport 'Race Across America'.He was personally involved in inventing some of the common cycling gear we use today. He does report it was on an endurance ride that he fleshed out his skeptical materialist POV.