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We do not just blindly concede control to authorities instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.
Michael Shermer
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Michael Shermer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 8
Historian Of Science
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Psychologist
Sport Cyclist
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Glendale
California
USA
Michael Brant Shermer
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