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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.



