Michael Shermer just joined the White House’s new UAP task force alongside Avi Loeb. He also has a $1,000 bet with Loeb that we won’t find aliens by 2030. Both things are true. Subscribe if you want science with evidence, not speculation.Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, author of Truth, and one of the most consistent voices for evidence-based thinking in public life. He was recruited onto the task force as the devil’s advocate. His job: be the skeptic in the room. He’s not a believer. He’s not even a neutral. He bet $1,000 against it.Shermer has been following the UFO story since the early ’90s. He’s heard every disclosure promise. He’s still waiting. What changed is that now he’s in the room — and his job is to be the hardest person in it to convince.What you’ll hear:-Why the post-truth thesis is self-defeating the moment anyone argues for itWhat Avi Loeb’s first ground rules reveal about what the task force actually is-Leslie Kean’s own numbers: 90-95% explained, and what lives in the residue-Why the extraordinary terrestrial hypothesis collapses under a simple counterfactual-Brian’s case against the fine-tuning argument and why the universe is poorly tuned-What Dennett got right about consciousness and why Shermer calls it an impossible problemYour North Star should be truth. Not ideology, not politics, not religion.CHAPTERSGet the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: https://briankeating.com/ytHave a .edu email and live in the USA? You automatically win a meteorite: https://BrianKeating.com/eduSubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1Support Into the Impossible on Patreon, get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeatingJoin this channel for perks, monthly Office Hours, and your name in the Member Roster at the end of every episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/joinFeatured Guest:Michael Shermer website: https://www.michaelshermer.comSkeptic magazine: https://www.skeptic.comTruth (book): https://michaelshermer.com/truth-what-it-is-how-to-find-it-why-it-still-matters/Michael Shermer on Twitter/X: https://x.com/michaelshermer?lang=enMy books:Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): http://amzn.to/2sa5UpAThink Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFuFocus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9UGalileo’s Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9UnTwitter/X: https://x.com/BrianKeatingSubstack: https://briankeating.substack.comBlog: https://briankeating.com/blogAudio-only: https://briankeating.com/podcast#intotheimpossible #briankeating #MichaelShermer #UAP #UFO #aliens #skeptic #science #podcastLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices