Yes, that's the point I'm making. My husband, parents & several friends are atheists but not sceptics. Believe other woo
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Replying to @HPluckrose @clayroutledge
Define sceptic please people. Comes in many forms.
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Replying to @colwight @clayroutledge
I'm talking abt people who require evidence to believe in things & consider this a principle. Call that what u will
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Replying to @HPluckrose @clayroutledge
Ok, so that's me. So now I'm wondering if there's any evidence of any people that don't do that over the age of 5?
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Replying to @colwight @clayroutledge
Yes. People speak positively of faith. Even more simply don't think or talk about evidence-based epistemologies.
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Its a minority of people who think abt & argue for the need for evidence to accept that something is true.
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Way more believe in things without evidence &defend or don't question this whether religion, homeopathy, ghosts etc
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We probably all have false beliefs. Sceptics are those who consciously try to minimise this using critical thinking
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Replying to @HPluckrose @clayroutledge
No you see, I think the problem is worse than that. It's that people are sceptics in some domains but not in others. Selective scepticism.
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Absolutely. The fact that some people who espouse scepticism practice it inconsistently is true & a different point
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