Topic: “Skepticism”

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Skepticism

The ancient school of Pyrrho of Elis that stressed the uncertainty of our beliefs in order to oppose dogmatism.

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Never Doubt What Nobody Is Sure About

Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.

from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

No Reasonable Man Could Doubt It

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

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You’re Always Saying, “I Guess.”

You're always saying, "I guess." "That worked, I guess. I'll see you later, I guess."

Source: Prey

That Made Me Wonder If He Wasn’t Ahead of His Time

Just a month before, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong had left their colleague, Michael Collins, aboard spaceship Columbia and walked on the moon, beating by five months President Kennedy's goal of putting a man on the moon...

Source: My Life by Bill Clinton

Whatever He’s Been Smoking’s Been Immunizing Him to All Our Shit

Whatever he's been smoking's been immunizing him to all our shit.

Source: The Cabin in the Woods

Their Misplaced Faith in Gravity

Here they are hurling through space on a molten rock at 67,000 miles an hour and the only thing that keeps them from flying out of their shoes is their misplaced faith in gravity.

Source: 3rd Rock from the Sun

We Think Our Beliefs Are Based on Sound Evidence

Another reason to adopt moderate skepticism concerns the very real danger that we might be deceiving ourselves in our beliefs, even when we think our beliefs are based on sound evidence. One way in which this can happen is well...

Source: The Beatles and Philosophy by David Detmer

Did the Earth Really Orbit the Sun?

Another reason why the Greeks rejected Aristarchus’ Solar System was its apparent failure to stand up to scientific scrutiny. Aristarchus had built a model of the universe that was supposed to match reality, but it was not clear that his...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh