Pete Hamill

Every reporter inhales skepticism. You interview people, and they lie. You face public figures, diligently making notes or taping what is said, and they perform their interviews to fit a calculated script. The truth, alas, is always elusive.

American Journalist

Alex Pareene

Vaccines don't cause autism. Vaccines, instead, prevent disease. Vaccines have wiped out a score of formerly deadly childhood diseases. Vaccine skepticism has helped to bring some of those diseases back from near extinction.

American Writer

Tim Ferriss

I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.

American Author

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.

American Politician

Ameen Rihani

Only a well-rounded intellect, a spirit nourished in the eternal sources of intelligence and culture, of justice and wisdom, is a safeguard against both indifference and skepticism.

Lebanese Writer

Elizabeth Flock

For most of my life, I, like many Americans, had greeted the idea of an arranged marriage with a mixture of fascination and skepticism.

Edith Pearlman

I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.

David Suzuki

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

Canadian Scientist

Tyler Henry

I totally understand skepticism, and I think it's so important for me to show validation of my readings.

American Entertainer

Elliot Richardson

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

American Lawyer

Skepticism involves doubt but isn't flat-out rejection; it's questioning validity.

Not mere denial

Skepticism can suggest wise caution in believing new information without proof.

Healthy questioning

Philosophical skepticism isn't just everyday doubting; it's a deep questioning of what's knowable.

Beyond everyday use

In philosophy, skepticism prompts debates on the limits of human understanding and belief.

Academic discussions

This skepticism critiques rather than accepts things at face value, fostering analysis.

Critical attitude

Expressing skepticism is typical in arguments or discussions, inviting further explanation.

Common in debates

Religious skepticism focuses on doubts specifically related to faith and religious practices.

Regarding faith

It can be part of a personal journey, questioning beliefs to understand one's own faith better.

Spiritual exploration

 But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified

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 Having observed abdominal inflammation in patients who go on to develop the fever, he claims this inflammation is the cause of childbed fever. Much of the medical establishment supports his theory. Oh, come on! They really leave me no choice but to teach them some skepticism.

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 People did not agree on what emotion they saw on his face. Maybe you saw discomfort. That was the most frequent response that we received. But if you asked the person on your left, they might have said regret or skepticism, and if you asked somebody on your right,

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 and you must have two real qualities, I think, when you come to the table, when you're dealing with power, talking about power, because of its seductive capacity. You've got to have skepticism and humility. Skepticism, because you must always be challenging.

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 Such discoveries must be proven extra carefully to withstand skepticism. In the case of telekinesis, the idea goes against established science, but lacks the powerful evidence in favor of it. Our universe is controlled and explained by the laws of physics,

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 Our circle of sympathy has been expanded by history, journalism and the narrative arts. And our puny rational faculties have been multiplied by the norms and institutions of reason, intellectual curiosity, open debate, skepticism of authority and dogma

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 We've got this interesting balance going where we allow our unchecked optimism to fuel our visions. But then we also harness enthusiastic skepticism to breathe life, breathe reality into those visions. I want to show you a few of the projects

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 we might as well admit that objective truth is an illusion, or it doesn't matter, because either we'll never know what it is, or it doesn't exist in the first place. That's not a new philosophical thought -- skepticism about truth.

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