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Ok-Mine1268 t1_ivbupge wrote

Does anyone take Michael Shermer serious as a philosopher? He defines himself as a skeptic probably because he is still recovering from leaving evangelicalism. I’d guess his whole purpose of arguing that morality can be determined by science to me is still just a reaction to his Xevangelic identity. I’m not even saying I disagree with him but wearing an identity too strongly doesn’t seem to help one’s epistemology.

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Empigee t1_ivbyq4j wrote

On r/skeptic, a lot of skeptics consider him more of a reflexive contrarian than an actual skeptic, citing his disbelief in climate change long after the evidence was in.

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wavegeekman t1_ivc2ei2 wrote

Yes - the opposite of false is not necessarily truth.

I have drifted away from rationality communities as in many cases they just hold another dogmatic set of beliefs.

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Ok-Mine1268 t1_ivc2nwy wrote

They seem to barricade themselves in these systems preventing them from synthesizing.

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