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A healthy skepticism can be a useful way to avoid vacuous thinking.
by gnfargbl 4y ago
A healthy skepticism can be a useful way to avoid vacuous thinking.
- krapp 4y agoSkepticism requires critical thinking and engagement. You can't be a proper skeptic about something without taking the time to understand the domain you're being skeptical of, approach it in good faith from first principles as much as possible, and accept criticism in kind. Most people just won't bother, because cynicism and snark provide a better endorphin hit, and the internet has trained people to associate that feeling with likelihood of correctness (what Stephen Colbert called "truthiness" back in the day.)
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- wawjgreen 4y agothe first things skeptics should be skeptical about is skepticism itself: are they right in being skeptical about what they are skeptical about?
- noduerme 4y agoThe first thing skeptics question are sentences which begin with >> the first things skeptics should be skeptical about from there I guess we just migrate up to talking shit about bloated blog posts where one dude mumbles his observations about deep thoughts.
- ehnto 4y agoIf in their analysis, they come to the conclusion that they shouldn't be skeptical, does that make them the best skeptic or the worst?
- wawjgreen 4y agothe best if their skepticism is carefully done.
- TremendousJudge 4y agoYes, I completely agree. The author should have applied it to his "odds of success vs extent to which you consider second order and subsequent consecuences" graph and saved everybody the time.