9/11 Truthers

[Eilonnwy]

You are absolutely not a skeptic. You have no appreciation for the scientific method and formal logic. There are plenty of religious people who are skeptical and they would laugh you out of the room. You simply doubt whatever doesn't fit with your preconceptions. That is not skepticism. By your understanding of skepticism you can doubt anything, because every piece of evidence we have could be false, doctored, etc... without considering the likelihood that that is the case.

Here, you might learn something:

[youtube]T69TOuqaqXI[/youtube]

[Pippy]

Yes, I do doubt everything. That makes me a skeptic. I don't doubt what doesn't fit my preconceptions, I have no preconceptions, as a true skeptic. I doubt everything, and anything that poses a good reason for doubt even more so. Because I am a skeptic. You don't know enough about me to make such statements as you are. Come live with me for a week or so, you'll see.

I'm sure there are plenty of religious skeptics, and I am sure I could get them to laugh... But I am not religious, so I don't know what the connection is. Why did you bring that up?

You make my points for me. One sentence says I am selective with my skepticism, and the next that I doubt everything. Pick one.

Thanks,
-Pip

PS posting a vid on open mindedness is not very open minded of you.

[Eilonnwy]

If you were truly a skeptic you wouldn't dismiss every bit of evidence provided to refute your claims, which is what you have done time and again. And I mentioned the religious skeptics because you made the assertion that we only accept atheist skeptics, which is not true.

Stop saying that all evidence is hearsay, just because you don't like it. To be a true skeptic you need to apply an attitude of doubt but when the evidence supports itself you need to open your mind to it. You do a lot of the first part and absolutely none of the second.

[Tiberius]

Perhaps Pippy would like to explain which bits he disagrees with on: http://www.911myths.com/html/fake_video.html