There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
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Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.
Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.
I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.
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