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From FreedomFest 2010 held at Bally’s in Las Vegas, a debate on religion featured authors Dinesh D’Souza (Life After Death) and Steven Landsburg (The Big Questions). The debate was structure…

A debate on the merits of intelligent design theory was held at FreedomFest 2008. George Gilder Stephen Meyer, both from the Discovery Institute, argued for intelligent design, and Michael S…

Michael Shermer talked about his book Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design, published by Times Books. He was joined in discussion by Mr. Wells. Mr. Shermer, a former evang…

Michael Shermer talked about his book The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics, published by Times Books. In his book Mr. S…

Panel members talked about the future of science and technology, including the cultural implications of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. They also debated whether the purpose …

Participating by remote link from Denver, Michael Shermer talked about conspiracy theories concerning the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mr. Shermer has debunked many of the conspiracy theo…

William Dembski and Niall Shanks talked about whether or not the complexities of nature imply an intelligent designer, i.e. God. Mr. Dembski claimed that evidence exists to suggest that such…

A panel discussed various forms of misinformation and deception practiced by politicians and academics. They talked about why people lie, why they get away with it, and the consequences of l…

Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Shermer debated the limits of science in addressing spiritual questions. Mr. Shermer argued that such issues will either eventually be addressable using conventi…

Panel members talked about fear in U.S. culture, including conspiracy theories, cults, cabals, medicine, and politically manufactured fear. After their presentations, the authors answered au…

Author Michael Shermer talked about his book, "The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule", published by Henry Holt and Company. Shermer …

Author Michael Shermer talked about his book In Darwin’s Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace, published by Oxford University Press. He discussed the life and accomplishment…

The authors talked about their book Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?, published by the University of California Press. The book is an examinatio…

from the Virginia Festival of the Book several authors discussed American beliefs on unexplained phenomena, the validity of these ideas, and what they say about contemporary social and polit…

Two authors of biographies of the late Carl Sagan talked about their books. Mr. Davidson wrote Carl Sagan: A Life and Mr. Poundstone wrote Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos. They talked a…