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  • TimB replied to the topic Evolution of Religion in the forum Religion and Secularism 5 years, 3 months ago

    Okay with that definition in mind, and the qualities of a “true skeptic” listed in that article as:

    • Acceptance of doubt when neither assertion nor denial has been established
    • No burden of proof to take an agnostic position
    • Agreement that the corpus of established knowledge must be based on what is proved, but recognizing its incompleteness
    • Even-handedness in requirement for proofs, whatever their implication
    • Accepting that a failure of a proof in itself proves nothing
    • Continuing examination of the results of experiments even when flaws are found

    Those are the qualities of a scientist who has personal and intellectual integrity.