Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.
I don't consider myself to be that credulous.
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts.
Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.
There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.
The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
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