Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions

[Transcended Dimensions]

There are things we know as basic, obvious facts.  I wouldn't be the one to starve to death because I know basic, survival things.  But then there are things which have a lot of debate about them such as the paranormal research or vaccines causing autism.  These are the sorts of things I would have to remain undecided on since it requires me to do full research and I just have no interest in researching into all the studies and objections being addressed.  So, I can trust humanity when they say certain things such as that I need to eat certain things to remain alive or I need to do this or that to keep myself alive and well.  But I cannot trust humanity when they claim that the paranormal is bullshit or not or that vaccines cause autism or not.  In essence, the only truth I know is the most basic things.  I do not know whether there is more to life than feeling positive emotions or if positive emotions really are the only source of good value in our lives as hedonists claim.  Neither do I know anything else.

So in other words, you do employ a shortcut or heuristic in determining what to accept and what to reject.  The only difference between you and me is that you're a hypocrite about what you do, and I am not.  Is processed food dangerous to your health?  That's undecided.  Are you going to stop eating now?   You want to special plead on the subject of paranormal research, yet represent yourself as simply being fair minded.  That's not being fair minded, it's just being a knee jerk partisan.  I explained the reasons why the habits we have now result in a practical and robust epistemic community.  Your response was that it didn't please some partisan whiners.  That isn't a criticism of the points I made.  It's not a rational justification for treating this or that subject with more than normal scrutiny than others.  You're irrational, partisan, and full of shit.

I would still eat processed food anyway despite not knowing if it is harmful to me in the long run on some level or not.  Therefore, I still make choices in life even despite not knowing the truth of many things. Another example would be that I don't take vaccines despite not knowing if they are really harmful or not. Also, any argument you make against the existence of the paranormal can be made against the skeptics.