Science Tells You How to Live, Not God | with Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer and Alex Buxeda get into where morality actually comes from, and why "God did it" doesn't explain a thing.

From the Bible and abortion to evolution, markets, tolerance and demographic collapse, they make the case that ethics comes from human nature, not sacred books.

Skeptic Magazine: https://www.skeptic.com/

Michael Shermer's books: https://michaelshermer.com/books/

00:00 – Teaser: "God did it" isn't an explanation

00:51 – Can you identify as a horse? The borders of sex & species

01:50 – The Bible's morality vs. the morality we actually live by

04:23 – Abortion isn't actually in the Bible

06:59 – The Bible as a "wiki" & why Shermer quit theology

09:43 – Scripture that evolved: variation, selection & the roots of charity

13:24 – The ultimate decentering: from Copernicus to Darwin

15:09 – Religion got there first: morality as game theory