The Proper Definition of Skeptic

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:32:42 -0700, House Widdershins
wrote:

X-No Archive:Yes On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:21:49 GMT, *
wrote:

On 29 Apr 2004 05:13:18 GMT, Robert Buchanan
wrote:

Skeptics come in a variety of political persuasions

No they don't. Skeptics believe that nothing can be proven true.

Stupid response. Are you sure you read/write Standard
American English as a first language?

Most so-called skeptics are unaware where the philosophy of skepticism comes
from, and they continually misuse the English word.

http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/pyrrho/

Pyrrho of Elea (c. 360-c. 270 B.C.) traveled to India with Alexander and
returned to Greece where he established a new school of Skeptical philosophy
based on the idea that nothing is truly knowable.


The statement was,
"Skeptics come in a variety of political persuasions."

Politics is the science of persuasion.

In other words, skeptics try to persuade others into believing something is
not truly knowable, which is in opposition to logic, which demonstrates that
one can not prove something does not exist, only that it does exist.

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