Gosgirl, that's what I was saying at first as the OP. But after a page and a half of debate I found the flaw in my reasoning: if you're skeptical in principle, you question all claims consistently. Vaccine, moonlanding and evolution skeptics are very willing to believe poorly founded claims without examining them thoughtfully. That makes them credulous, which is the opposite of skeptical.

Hmmm, gosgirl, what's the idea? You quoted my Post #8 word for word.

"I don't see any dictionary definition of "skeptical" that prevents it from being applied to antivaxxers, moon hoaxers and anti-evolutionists. What I'm saying is that all of you who have responded so far are narrowing the definition so that it fits yourselves, while ignoring how the general public defines the word." - Mapnut, April 6th

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