Definition of a Skeptic:
Do you believe in Bigfoot? How about leprechauns? If not, then you might be a skeptic!
If you think all skeptics are atheists, you're very wrong. You can be a skeptic if you don't believe in many things around us that have very little proof that they either exist, or if it is a process, that the evidence of it's claims are not true.
Take acupuncture for example. Many people testify that its claims are true, but very few scientific and non-biased studies have proven that it's not so..
If you have questions or doubts about the following items, then you too, might be a skeptic.
That there is a civilization on Mars that built a building that looks like a face
UFOs, UFO abduction, Bigfoot, Revelations from the Bible
911 Conspiracy Magic Jewelry with magnetic healing properties, Healing Touch therapy
Ghosts or Orbs Roswell aliens An aura around you
Vaccines cause autism Phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, or iridology Nostradamus
Crop Circles Will ethanol save us? Remote viewing
Chiropracting Flexology
if so then you might be a skeptic!
Skepticism is not the rejection of ideas or beliefs, but doubting and suspending our judgment about claims presented.
Reasoning of such claims should be made under sound, consistent logic and not emotions or social pressure.
Truth of factual claims is not determined by the emotion than accompanies them nor the fact that they might be believed by certain social groups.
A great youtube video explaining critical thinking is HERE
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