Diskussion:Michael Shermer

Dr.

Ich habe den Dr. wieder entfernt. Artikel über Wissenschaftler in der WP sollten sagen, worin jemand einen Doktor gemacht hat, aber Titel immer wieder vor den Namen zu stellen ist hier unüblich. Siehe Albert Einstein und stell dir vor, da würde stehen:

"Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Albert Einstein (* 14. März 1879 in Ulm; † 18. April 1955 in Princeton, USA) war einer der bedeutendsten Physiker des 20. Jahrhunderts..."

Bei normalen Wissenschaftlern steht das also praktisch nirgends. Ich muss es aber ständig bei Pseudowissenschaftlern aund Außenseitern entfernen, deren Anhänger versuchen, Eindruck zu schinden. Bei Skeptikern gehört es also konsequenterweise auch weg. --Hob 20:47, 18. Sep 2006 (CEST)

Bright

"Auf ihn geht auch der Neologismus Bright zurück." Quelle? Ist glaub ich falsch. 02:51, 27. Mai 2007 (CEST)

Das ist richtig, dass das falsch ist. Siehe Bright. --Hob 10:41, 30. Mai 2007

Auf der Website der Brights steht „Paul [Geisert] is creator of the noun, bright, which he coined as a result of his being invited to the "Godless March on Washington" in 2002“. Auf der Website dieses Godless March konnte ich keinen Hinweis auf Shermer finden und schon garnicht auf Shermer als Redner auf dieser Veranstaltung. Das macht die Behauptung, so wie sie jetzt in der Einleitung des Artikels steht, unglaubwürdig. Ich werde sie entfernen. --Schmidbauer 03:08, 26. Sep. 2008 (CEST)

Quellen

Bitte einigt euch, am Besten ihr liefert selbst gute Quellen. Ich entsperre wie immer gerne vorher. Code·Eis·Poesie 16:15, 29. Okt. 2007 (CET)

Hochstapler

Michael Shermer delivered a lecture at the University of Lethbridge on September 23, 2010 http://www.uleth.ca/events/why-people-believe-weird-things-lecture-michael-shermer-794 entitled "Why People Believe Weird Things," in which he attempted to discredit those who are skeptical about 9/11 by conflating such investigators with Holocaust Deniers and UFO spotters. Stunned and perplexed by this substandard approach to 9/11 Studies Professor Hall resolved to critically investigate Shermer, suspecting that he could not possibly be someone who has had to meet the rigorous standards of peer-review as is the case with authentic scholars. When Professor Hall discovered that Michael Shermer was not on the list of Adjunct Professors of Economics on the website of Claremont Graduate University http://www.cgu.edu/pages/7053.asp he contacted, Dr. Jean Schroedel, Dean of the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont. Dean Schroedel replied that she has "absolutely no idea who this man [Shermer] is." Professor Hall then contacted, Dr. Joseph C. Hough, the President of Claremont Graduate University who opined "I did not know anything about Professor Shermer until I received your email and did some quick research...He [Shermer] does not hold any term or permanent appointment in the University." These testimonies from the people who would know who is and who isn't a professor at Claremont imply that Michael Shermer was mischaracterizing his institutional affiliations when he characterized himself on his website and elsewhere as Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Shermer has subsequently revised his various online biographies removing the epithet "of Economics" but retaining the description of himself as an "Adjunct Professor" at Claremont. On his facebook page Shermer still describes himself as Adjunct Professor of Economics. If the University of Lethbridge for one reason or another advertised Shermer's credentials inaccurately they should make some kind of public statement correcting such misrepresentations and apologizing to those who attended the lecture thinking that they were going to see a scholarly, professorial performance. One would assume that universities such as Claremont Graduate University and the University of Lethbridge would take the issue of accurately depicting academic credentials seriously. After all, how are students supposed to ascertain whether or not they are being taught by real or pretend professors if these institutions do not make unambiguous statements decrying Shermer's apparent mischaracterizations? How do the genuine economics professors at Claremont, who have worked hard to attain their appellations, feel when they see Shermer's unscholarly approach to research and discourse being associated with their department?

Many universities and alternative institutions of learning such as TED have apparently been fooled by Shermer who has been legitimating his bizarre arguments by invoking the title of Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University. If he has been able to hoodwink so many institutions of higher learning regarding his credentials what else have such institutions been deceived about? Has the truth about 9/11 also been suppressed in such a manner? This fiasco offers an insight into the the degradation and failings of the academy in the post-9/11 Age of Mythology & Superstition. (nicht signierter Beitrag von 80.141.209.231 (Diskussion) 22:57, 20. Okt. 2010 (CEST))

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"CGU Alumni Day

On April 28, 2008, more than 125 alumni, faculty, students, and friends of Claremont Graduate University gathered [..] alumnus and Adjunct Professor Michael Shermer, Editor of Skeptic Magazine [..]"

2008 sagt die CGU: Shermer ist Professor bei uns. --Hob 11:27, 21. Okt. 2010 (CEST)

Der Link zu (1) ist tot. Der engl. Text oben sollte in einem deutschen Satz zusammengefasst werden. --Rogald (Diskussion) 16:15, 15. Nov. 2018 (CET)