The Michael Shermer Show
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The Michael Shermer Show is a long-form interview and discussion series hosted by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, featuring conversations on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and critical thinking.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Michael Shermer Show canonical | 1 |
| The Michael Shermer Show podcast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8503123 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Michael Shermer Show Context triple: [Michael Shermer, hasYouTubeChannel, The Michael Shermer Show]
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A.
The Chris Myers Show
The Chris Myers Show is a sports-focused television talk show hosted by veteran sportscaster Chris Myers, featuring interviews, analysis, and commentary on major sporting events and personalities.
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B.
Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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C.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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D.
Skeptic magazine
Skeptic magazine is a publication devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of controversial and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
It's Okay to Be Smart
It's Okay to Be Smart is an educational YouTube series hosted by Joe Hanson that explores scientific concepts and curiosities in an accessible, entertaining way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Michael Shermer Show Target entity description: The Michael Shermer Show is a long-form interview and discussion series hosted by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, featuring conversations on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and critical thinking.
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A.
The Chris Myers Show
The Chris Myers Show is a sports-focused television talk show hosted by veteran sportscaster Chris Myers, featuring interviews, analysis, and commentary on major sporting events and personalities.
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B.
Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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C.
James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation was a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking and scientific skepticism, best known for its public challenges to paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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D.
Skeptic magazine
Skeptic magazine is a publication devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of controversial and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
It's Okay to Be Smart
It's Okay to Be Smart is an educational YouTube series hosted by Joe Hanson that explores scientific concepts and curiosities in an accessible, entertaining way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interview series
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podcast ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Skeptic magazine
NERFINISHED
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Skeptics Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionPlatform |
Apple Podcasts
NERFINISHED
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Google Podcasts NERFINISHED ⓘ Spotify NERFINISHED ⓘ YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
discussion
ⓘ
long-form interview ⓘ |
| genre |
interview podcast
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philosophy podcast ⓘ politics podcast ⓘ religion podcast ⓘ science podcast ⓘ skepticism podcast ⓘ |
| hasHostOccupation |
science writer
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skeptic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
evidence-based reasoning
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examining controversial ideas ⓘ free exchange of ideas ⓘ open inquiry ⓘ promoting critical thinking ⓘ promoting scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Michael Shermer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general audience
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lifelong learners ⓘ science enthusiasts ⓘ skeptics ⓘ students ⓘ |
| topic |
cognitive science
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critical thinking ⓘ ethics ⓘ evolution ⓘ free speech ⓘ philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ psychology ⓘ rationality ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Michael Shermer Show Description of subject: The Michael Shermer Show is a long-form interview and discussion series hosted by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, featuring conversations on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and critical thinking.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.