Timeline for Where is the skepticism?
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| Mar 25, 2011 at 18:50 | history | edited | Borror0Mod |
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| Mar 24, 2011 at 22:02 | answer | added | user1043 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 7:58 | comment | added | Blorgbeard | @oosterwal @russell A scientific consensus is a viewpoint which must have been arrived at independently by many people, through scientific means. It has therefore, a very good chance of being true. Because of this, it is very often the best answer to a question. Ie. it has the most evidence and reasoning behind it. Skepticism is not about "challenging truths", you are thinking of crackpottery. Skepticism is about finding the truth; and so is science. | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 18:19 | comment | added | Russell Steen | @Blorgbeard, from the dictionary : Dogma - An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. So to the extent that science cannot be challenged, it is dogma. As "consensus" is used almost exclusively to refute challenges, it's dogma. | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 3:24 | vote | accept | jjj | ||
| Mar 12, 2011 at 15:13 | history | edited | Robert Cartaino |
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 23:11 | comment | added | oosterwal | @Blorgbeard: Could you define 'scientific consensus'? | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 17:11 | answer | added | Dogmafrog | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 13:40 | answer | added | Christian | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 11:09 | comment | added | Blorgbeard | Scientific consensus is not "dogma" | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 16:21 | answer | added | Satanicpuppy | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 10, 2011 at 15:11 | answer | added | Russell Steen | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 21:34 | answer | added | Sklivvz | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 20:45 | comment | added | user unknown | Thanks, Fabian. | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 20:28 | answer | added | Ustice | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 20:22 | comment | added | Mad Scientist Mod | @user Snopes.com is a popular website dedicated to debunking urban legends. | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 19:18 | answer | added | user unknown | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 19:00 | comment | added | user unknown | I'm not a native english speaker and like to know, what are 'snopes style questions'? Is it maybe related to my question here: skeptics.stackexchange.com/q/534/24 (Pseudo- and dummy-questions) | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 14:05 | history | edited | Mad ScientistMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 9, 2011 at 7:47 | comment | added | Casebash | I agree, without specific examples it is hard to comment on the claims you make | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 6:58 | comment | added | Mad Scientist Mod | Could you provide some examples for questions that challenge dogma that were closed? | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 6:36 | history | asked | jjj | CC BY-SA 2.5 |