Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

All of Michael Shermer's books are a must read for a person who wants to know how important science is in this world of religion, metaphysics, and mysticism.

addressed many of my questions and introduced new concepts for me. Took lots of notes for reflection. Very enjoyable and enlightening.

You have all the Skeptic's Corner columns from Scientific American magazine from the 2001 inception to around 2007. Michael Shermer explains in his first chapter about the timespan of his ongoing writing for the magazine. It is implied he is continuing with a second book. By my estimate, there would still also need to be a third volume. The essays are organized by topic rather than chronological publication date, which I find helpful. To sum up, this book is wonderful for Shermer fans who want a nice hardcopy of the articles in book form; it is also great for science readers and skeptics in general to get brief overviews of all the important aspects in science and pseudoscience (included for discernment purposes). If you have never seen the Scientific American magazine, by seeing and browsing and reading this book, one will also wish to read the current monthly column, "Skeptic's Corner."

A must-read for every human being. We are storytelling social and emotional animals. Some of our stories are fictional, deceptive, and outdated. The solution is scientific thinking. Train your brain to not get fooled by the world. This book helps!

I meet Michael during a Race Across America event and he was kind enough to autograph one of his books for me. I really wish it had been a book about skepticism.I would recommend this book to anyone with a reasonably open mind who understands and appreciates the importance of good scientific method. Among other things it makes it very clear why it's impossible to prove some things scientifically and why it's really an insult to faith and science to try to.

Always good stuff from Shermer. Never disappoints.

After hearing Mr. Shermer on the radio discussing his new book, I decided to read one of his earlier books first. I'm glad that I chose his articles covering a multitude of subjects, and discovered that much of what I suspected was true.I wish that more people would read this book so that they would just shut up about things they really don't know about. Thank you Michael

A good look into many commonly believed myths, pseudoscience and the supernatural, through a healthy rational and scientific lense. Shame is that because of confirmation bias, mostly the "converted" will read and get the author's point.