Hello Everyone
Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 03:24Hello everyone.
Just joined the Forum, hoping for some sensible discussions.
I consider myself a Skeptic - however, I'm definitely not a pseudoskeptic! I try to read both sides of the argument (hence my Username) and to think critically.
My guiding principle is the definition of genuine Skepticism articulated by Robert Anton Wilson:
"Doubt A; then doubt B; then doubt both A and B; then doubt your ability to doubt enough".
On the whole, my reading and thinking has led me (so far) to believe that there is a basis of fact behind most anomalous phenomena, and that there is a purposeful intelligence behind what we term "reality".
In other words, I am a skeptic tending towards belief. (Subject, as always, to further evidence.)
I look forward especially to discussions with those genuine skeptics (no pseudos, please) who tend toward disbelief. I'm not looking for any games of one-upmanship, nor for aggressive online confrontation. Rather, I'm hoping to learn something from these discussions and to broaden my mind.
Thanks.
Randi McSheldrake
Just joined the Forum, hoping for some sensible discussions.
I consider myself a Skeptic - however, I'm definitely not a pseudoskeptic! I try to read both sides of the argument (hence my Username) and to think critically.
My guiding principle is the definition of genuine Skepticism articulated by Robert Anton Wilson:
"Doubt A; then doubt B; then doubt both A and B; then doubt your ability to doubt enough".
On the whole, my reading and thinking has led me (so far) to believe that there is a basis of fact behind most anomalous phenomena, and that there is a purposeful intelligence behind what we term "reality".
In other words, I am a skeptic tending towards belief. (Subject, as always, to further evidence.)
I look forward especially to discussions with those genuine skeptics (no pseudos, please) who tend toward disbelief. I'm not looking for any games of one-upmanship, nor for aggressive online confrontation. Rather, I'm hoping to learn something from these discussions and to broaden my mind.
Thanks.
Randi McSheldrake