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• Takuan commented on HOWTO ask good skeptical questions
  $cientologists at the mall....
• blondesareeasy commented on HOWTO ask good skeptical questions
  Greg London...I'm sold. You can sleep with my wife. And please pound the Catholicism out of her....
• Zum Zamim commented on HOWTO ask good skeptical questions
  I almost never comment here, but Greglondon - I don't know how you do it. These people with their psudo-logic and well rehearsed talking points... Trying to educate them just makes me dizzy. I wish there were many more like you....
• 09michael commented on HOWTO ask good skeptical questions
  I often wonder if those who label themselves skeptics, often challenging ufo claims, aren't just debunkers unwilling to remain objective, while demanding it of others. As a researcher in the behavioral sciences even the hint of bias creates a credibility issue necessitating time consuming and expensive research to be repeated. The problem with debunkers, as apposed to skeptics, is they are intellectually lazy. Stay objective, ask demanding questions and don't accept flippant answers from anyone especially the so-called experts....
• Abyssflux commented on HOWTO ask good skeptical questions
  I also liked the video, and I think the message stands whether or not you agree with Shermer's bias against ufo-ologists, New Agers, and Creationists. He did not ask anybody to believe what he believes, he asked them to analyze what they hear and read before they accept it. As for the ongoing debate about the issue of racism in the video, personally I'd say that the clip was a very bad choice and to me it did seem racist. That said, I also agree with Greg London's argument that he has the right to express his own opinion on...