In the previous post, I said Receptive Skepticism (RS) is a project to make a new form of skepticism.   And that is being done to meet a need, to save lives, and make things better.  Scientific Skepticism still has great people leading it toward a good direction. And while both can exist side by side and even work together,  RS can’t do what it needs to do, the way it can when distinct, while within Scientific Skepticism.   And then how it functions in practice will be socially different enough to make it something seen as a different type, or a new branch inRead More →

I am a skeptic by nature, and someone who loves the truth enough to abandon error.  I left behind some of my most treasured beliefs, against my wishes, because of that conviction.  And I am a person whose ambitions arise from finding needs and not being satisfied with the loss coming from people missing out from a need.  My career choice reflects that also.  Because Scientific Skepticism has a valuable resource for evaluating information that the larger community needs, I see it worth working to see social change that would integrate this resource, and make it normal. This is an understatement of course.  People areRead More →