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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      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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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      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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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      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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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      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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    5. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      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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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      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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    7. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      That is a case by case basis.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      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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    9. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      There is a massive problem labelling anyone as a sceptic then. All you can ever show is they did it in particular cases.

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    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @pogsurf

      I don't think so. We can label someone 'faithful' if this is the predominant attitude they take to positions they hold.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

      I don't think we need to require someone to have investigated every truth claim sceptically to be a sceptic.

      5:10 PM - 16 Jan 2017
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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          Any more than we'd need someone to have faith in every god or spiritual belief to be a person of faith.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          Very much the approach you take to determining whether something is true, regardless of how many things you hold to be true/untrue.

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        4. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But earlier you said you get to determine who the sceptics were. Couldn't you and they just have different priorities?

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @pogsurf

          I don't know what you mean. They either make their truth claims based on evidence or not.

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        2. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But who chooses which claims count and which don't?

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @pogsurf

          The individual decides which truth claims they want to have to positions on.

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        4. Martin Wiesner‏ @pogsurf 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          So they could hold beliefs which you think are nonsense but they don't prioritise them.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @pogsurf

          If they believe in things without evidence, they are not a sceptic. Whether they prioritise them or not.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @pogsurf

          If a sceptic does not choose to investigate something enough to have a position on it, they don't have a position on it.

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