NONE_dc@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A healthy level of skepticism, both of other people’s ideas and of one’s own, is a sign of great intelligence.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A healthy level of skepticism, both of other people’s ideas and of one’s own, is a sign of great intelligence.
Reyali@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Unfortunately this also gets abused by some people who believe they have a healthy level of skepticism, but actually are way off the deep end. Like anti-vaxxers, flat-Earthers, and other anti-science people.
So “healthy” in this context shouldn’t be defined by the individual.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It’s good to be skeptical about vaccines or a round earth. Then you investigate and find out that vaccines work and the earth is a pseudosphere.
Skeptical doesn’t have to mean that you straight up deny everything. It only means that you do not blindly believe it. That’s how science is actually suppose to mean. The best way to prove a scientific theory is trying to disprove it as hard as you can.
Reyali@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You and I are on the same page. My only point was that there are unfortunately many people out there now who believe they have a “healthy” level of skepticism, but are actually misled, misinformed, and not educated enough to distinguish reality. And I named specific groups who frequently fit this pattern.
When skepticism is truly healthy, it’s great. But there are many people who are unable to identify what “healthy” means here. No where did I say or mean to imply that some skepticism is a bad thing.
calmblue75@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Skepticism doesn’t necessarily entail outright rejection of something. Like, I could be sceptical about vaccines and their side effects, but still get the vaccine because it is the best option available to me now.