Psevdo-skepticizem

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Psevdo-skepticizem

Kaj je psevdo-skepticizem oziroma kdo so psevdo-skeptiki?

SSKJ:
- psévdo... predpona v sestavljenkah (ẹ̑) nanašajoč se na a) lažen, navidezen: psevdodemokracija, psevdoznanstven b) nepravi, nepristen: psevdogotika, psevdonaroden ♪
- sképtik -a m (ẹ́) skeptičen človek, dvomljivec: skeptik tudi dokazom ne verjame / glede tega sem velik skeptik ♪
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"The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them -- the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status." - Carl Sagan

"People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs." - Carl Sagan

"The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science." - Carl Sagan

Bog,
lp.

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYWiaYC ... re=related
- http://www.victorzammit.com/skeptics/challenge.html

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In kaj želiš s tem povedati? Da so morda tisti, ki ne verjamejo v posmrtno življenje, psevdoskeptiki?

Citiranje Sagana v zvezi s skepso v neka duhovna prepričanja (ki so seveda brez vsakršne osnove) pa je povsem neprimerno. Njegova kritika skeptikov se nanaša na nove, revolucionarne ideje v znanosti, kot je povsem jasno iz zadnjega citata. Posmrtno življenje in ostala šarlatanska prepričanja pa niso domena znanosti.

Navajanje nekega upokojenega odvetnika, ki ponuja denarno nagrado skeptiku, ki bi dokazal neobstoj posmrtnega življenja (spet tipično prepričanje šarlatanov: pričakujejo, da bodo drugi dokazovali njihove trditve, sami pa ne ponujajo prav nič) in znanega šarlatana Crema, pa govori samo zase.