The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.
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Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry.
Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it.
There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.
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