The Mentality of Skeptics

[OntarioSquatch]

Accepting the claim is the result of a skeptical examination of that claim.

Yes, but that doesn't mean you're being skeptical by believing the claim.

 

[Resume]

Accept as in believe or acknowledge.

Which a scientific skeptic (Novella) has just explained to you is the result of skeptical inquiry.

 

[Resume]

Yes, but that doesn't mean you're being skeptical by believing the claim.

If that belief is the result of skeptical inquiry it certainly is. I don't know how many times this needs to be explained to you.

 

[OntarioSquatch]

Skepticism as a process helps you get to what you think is the truth. The act of believing or accepting a claim isn't skeptical. That's as simple as it gets.

 

[Resume]

Skepticism as a process helps you get to what you think is the truth. The act of believing or accepting a claim isn't skeptical. That's as simple as it gets.

A provisional conclusion arrived at through skeptical inquiry is integral to that process.

You are wrong.

 

[OntarioSquatch]

I don't think so. At this point it just seems like you don't want to accept it because of its implications.

 

[OntarioSquatch]

A good quote: "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

 

[Resume]

I don't think so. At this point it just seems like you don't want to accept it because of its implications.

You may think whatever you like; you've demonstrated nothing.

 

[William Parcher]

At this point it just seems like you don't want to accept it because of its implications.

The Bigfoot thing. Scares the crap out of people when they think that it is out there.

 

[OntarioSquatch]

More like the uncertainty thing. It scares people that they don't know the truth.

 

[Kid Eager]

More like the uncertainty thing. It scares people that they don't know the truth.

Truth? What truth are you referring to here?

 

[OntarioSquatch]

The truth about whatever phenomenon that's troubling them.

 

[Kid Eager]

The truth about whatever phenomenon that's troubling them.

That's assuming the consequent. You assume that your strawman skeptic is troubled, and by something that results in negation of skepticism.

Furthermore, you're inserting a claim that a skeptic is in search of the truth. I don't see any evidence of that.

 

[John Jones]

Flesh and blood, human and genetically engineered.

Please define/prove these hilighted attributes while I remain relaxed and free of anxiety.

 

[JoeMorgue]

More like the uncertainty thing. It scares people that they don't know the truth.

Yes. We are all just utterly terrified and full of anxiety over the uncertainty as to whether or not alien breed undetectable giant magic monkey men are roaming the countryside. It keeps us awake at night, pulling our hair out and questioning our very essence, nay the very nature of existence.

You're like an FBI profiler. What other secrets of our psyches can you tell us?

 

[OntarioSquatch]

That's assuming the consequent. You assume that your strawman skeptic is troubled, and by something that results in negation of skepticism.

Furthermore, you're inserting a claim that a skeptic is in search of the truth. I don't see any evidence of that.

The strawman skeptic is definitely troubled by the uncertainty. It causes him to jump to a conclusion without proper analysis.

 

[William Parcher]

More like the uncertainty thing. It scares people that they don't know the truth.

People are crapping their pants because they don't know if Bigfoot is in the woods or not.

 

[JoeMorgue]

It causes him to jump to a conclusion without proper analysis.

So irony just makes clothes flat in your world.

 

[Resume]

The strawman skeptic is definitely troubled by the uncertainty. It causes him to jump to a conclusion without proper analysis.

Do you understand what the highlighted word means?

 

[John Jones]

The truth about whatever phenomenon that's troubling them.

There is no evidence in this thread that anyone is troubled by any phenomenon.

Demonstrating such would be a good place for you to start. Go!