Michael Shermer
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4,120 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 9 Jul
Michael Shermer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I don't know.
But it's not a problem.
And, you know, if we discovered aliens, I mean, NASA would go straight to Congress and go, hey, we got to double our budget.
Look what we found.
Right?
And the military would go, hey, what if they're dangerous?
We need a bigger budget.
So contrary to the myth that, you know, the world would fall apart, or in the new film, Spielberg's film, you know, the geopolitical stability will be disrupted.
I don't think so.
Yeah.
I think if anything—
The Russians and the Chinese and the Americans go, OK, we now have a common enemy, the Reagan thing.
And so we ought to stay close together here, work together on this problem.
I will admit that I want to believe.
Will you admit that you want to disbelieve?
I don't want to disbelieve.
No, I would like Sagan.
I would love to know there's aliens.
I would be surprised if we were alone.
As Carl always said, it would be a terrible waste of space if we were the only living intelligent organisms in the world.
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