Skepticism was a reaction mostly against the excesses of new age mysticism and later religious fundamentalism. Those were also huge parts of the 70s intellectua

Skepticism was a reaction mostly against the excesses of new age mysticism and later religious fundamentalism. Those were also huge parts of the 70s intellectual meltdown. Now that both those movements seem on the wane, dogmatic skepticism can join them. Maybe we can finally be rid of the entire post-70s zeitgeist. Then we'll dream again.