Michael Shermer on Q: Denies

The claim: The QAnon narrative is true.

2020-05-07: “Nor, today, is Bill Gates , whom some members of the pro-Donald-Trump QAnon conspiracy movement accuse of seeking to undermine the Trump administration now that impeachment efforts have failed.” source
2021-01-11: “The QAnon conspiracy theory, one of the most absurd I've ever encountered (up there with David Icke's human–Archon hybrid race of shape-shifting reptilians running the world) is actually believed by many Trump supporters.” source
2022-07-01: “Clearly, more than a few people believe this stuff—people who are otherwise intelligent and successful in other areas of life—so we need to know how and why so many people can fall for, frankly, patently idiotic ideas.” source
2022-10-14: “Or take Pizzagate and QAnon. Does anyone really believe that Hillary Clinton and other Democrats are running a secret Satanic pedophile ring out of the Washington D.C. Comet Ping Pong pizzeria?” source
2022-11-02: “Conspiracy theories not only explain things, but they also explain things in a way that are a lot more interesting and entertaining and purposeful that gives people meaning than that regular life which is usually boring. People just take that Qanon or Pizzagate because they found them very appealing.” source