Editing Michael Shermer (section)

===Skeptics Society===
In 1991, Shermer and Pat Linse co-founded<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ibold|first=Hans|date=November 13, 2000|title=L.A.'s Own Ghostbuster|url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2000/nov/13/paranormal-las-own-ghostbuster/|journal=Los Angeles Business Journal|volume=22|issue=46|quote=Pat Linse, co-founder of the Skeptic Society in Pasadena.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Loxton|first=Daniel|date=November 2009|title=The Paradoxical Future of Skepticism|url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/2009/11/the-paradoxical-future-of-skepticism/|journal=Skeptical Inquirer|publisher=Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal|volume=33|issue=6}}</ref> the [[Skeptics Society]] in Los Angeles with the assistance of Kim Ziel Shermer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Melton|first=J. Gordon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQFlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|title=The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-57859-230-2|location=Detroit|pages=308|language=en}}</ref> The Skeptics Society is a non-profit organization that promotes scientific skepticism and seeks to debunk pseudoscience and irrational beliefs. It started off as a garage hobby but eventually grew into a full-time occupation. The Skeptics Society publishes the magazine [[Skeptic (U.S. magazine)|''Skeptic'']], organizes the [[Caltech Lecture Series]], and as of 2017, it had over 50,000 members.<ref name=WallStreetJournal/>

Shermer is listed as one of the scientific advisors for the [[American Council on Science and Health]] (ACSH).<ref name="ACSHScientificAdvisors">{{cite web|title=Our Team|date=30 July 2016 |url=http://acsh.org/about-acsh/scientific-advisors|access-date=April 2, 2019|publisher=American Council on Science and Health}}</ref>