I don't think so. Its an attitude to take to truth claims that matter. Don't often have to use it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
"that matter" is a judgement call. I'm sure different things matter to me than they do to you.
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Replying to @pogsurf
I'm talking abt life-affecting truth claims. You can be sceptical about a lot more if you want but I see no need.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf
eg If u have a child,it will be important to know whether vaccines cause autism. Best to take a sceptical approach to investigating
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Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf
But its a lot of work. I haven't done it in the case of eg '9/11 was an inside job' claims coz I see no need to take it seriously.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Aren't you now agreeing with me that scepticism about everything is a tall order? You disagreed then.
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Replying to @pogsurf
I don't think so. Or I didn't mean to. I mean that when I need to assess whether something true or not, I do so sceptically.
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Replying to @pogsurf
I certainly decide on a case by case basis whether I'm going to investigate something enough to have a position on it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf
But in of things I have positions on, I don't decide on a case by case basis whether they'll be arrived at sceptically or not
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That was what I thought you were suggesting. "I'll approach this sceptically but take that on faith." In this case, no.
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