# @michaelshermer: X profile (context) Hub: [[Users/@michaelshermer/@michaelshermer|@michaelshermer]] · Lists: [[Users/@michaelshermer/Chronological List|chronological]] · [[Users/@michaelshermer/Topical List|topical]] · Topic: [[Topics/Religion, Trust and Civilization/Religion, Trust and Civilization|Religion, Trust and Civilization]] · Index: [[X Research]] > [!info] Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > No posts from @michaelshermer to @marshallpittman found. Marshall has replied to him on Oct 11, 2026 (["#12 is the hardest to do!…"](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2109300754821361985)) and Oct 24, 2026 (["This is so sad. I read this for a couple of decades…"](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2114031033775538444)). He also took part in Oct 18–20 consciousness and simulation threads that tagged @michaelshermer (e.g. [2111820939352588346](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2111820939352588346)). Marshall bookmarked this post into "summarize". ## Identity - **Name:** Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer), Santa Barbara, CA - **Bio (verbatim):** "On UAP Science Advisory Council. Opinions my own. Skeptic mag. https://t.co/i81i0rp1HP \| Host Michael Shermer Show \| Author TRUTH: https://t.co/0FvkBGFl26" - **Joined:** Apr 2009 · **Verification:** blue - Michael Shermer: founder of *Skeptic* magazine, host of *The Michael Shermer Show*, a member of the UAP Science Advisory Council and author of *Truth* (2026). 251K followers. Posts on skepticism, free will and consciousness, UAPs, religion, and critiques of science media. ## Stats (X API, Nov 3, 2026, about 9:50 AM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Media | Likes given | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 251,206 | 274 | 26,967 | 3,500 | 9,248 | 52 | ## What they post about Sample: 49 items (36 posts, 12 quotes, 1 repost), Oct 17, 2026, 9:11 AM CT to Nov 3, 2026, 8:41 AM CT. Themes come from keyword rules, so treat them as approximate. | Theme | Items | Likes | Views | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Skepticism and science | 22 | 2,887 | 251,747 | | Mind and free will | 3 | 256 | 27,629 | | Religion and morality | 2 | 278 | 19,108 | | Culture war | 3 | 512 | 34,537 | | Other | 19 | 1,792 | 175,211 | ### Top posts in the sample (by likes; reposts excluded) | Date (CT) | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes / views | |---|---|---| | [Oct 20, 9:52 PM](https://x.com/michaelshermer/status/2112738790770942365) | Despite decades of investigating people with extraordinary claims, it never ceases to amaze me when I come across yet another liar, charlata… | 812 / 46,967 | | [Oct 18, 10:08 AM](https://x.com/michaelshermer/status/2111836722422018477) | Neuroscientists Giulio Tononi, Christof Koch, et al. make a strong case for real free will (not an illusion) if Integrated Information Theor… | 434 / 39,202 | | [Oct 23, 9:45 PM](https://x.com/michaelshermer/status/2113824144374841478) | Here is my account of what happened to Scientific American before the latest meltdown, when the wokeness first began to rot this once great … | 398 / 31,736 | ## Fact-check scorecard | Posted (CT) | Post | Verdict | |---|---|---| | Mon Nov 2, 2026, 8:51 AM CST | [[Users/@michaelshermer/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - michaelshermer on Sagan's Dragon (2026-11-02)|Sagan's dragon and the supernatural]] | ✅ Correctly credits Carl Sagan's 'dragon in my garage' (The Demon-Haunted World, 1995) and states the unfalsifiability argument fairly; whether it settles questions about God is philosophy | ## Assessment for source reliability Established science writer: accurate on sources, opinionated on religion and politics. ## Gaps - The sample covers only the most recent posts returned by the X API (about two pages); older history was not read. - Likes by Marshall can't be checked through the API.