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Skepticism

Philosophical skepticism is an overall approach that requires all information to be well supported by evidence.

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“ I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine—it always keeps the way beyond open—always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake—after a wrong guess. ”
― Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations

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“ I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs. ”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

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