The Anti-Trans Obsessions of “Skeptic” Michael Shermer: Hallucinating Imaginary Demons to Empower Actual Villains, Once Again.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/fakeskepticshermer/
The piece argues that Michael Shermer’s stance on transgender issues drifts from science toward fear-mongering. It claims he ‘hallucinates imaginary demons’ to empower villains and casts transgender people as threats to policy and culture. The author accuses Shermer of cherry-picking data, oversimplifying research, and trading accuracy for outrage. Published on Science-Based Medicine, it portrays this as a pattern among some skeptics: using sensational claims to mobilize opposition rather than rigorous analysis. It invites readers to question the rhetoric and consider a calmer, more factual approach to skepticism in public debate on gender. Rather than fixating on transgender topics, skeptics can address broader questions—evidence, methodology, and ethics—without dehumanizing a group. It invites readers to click, read, and join a calmer, more careful discourse that exposes bad reasoning without becoming part of the controversy itself.
