(July 9, 2014 at 11:42 am)rasetsu Wrote: Thus, believing rubbish becomes something "other people do."
I think this is the main issue. "Skeptic" becomes a label people use to reinforce the beliefs they already hold. They tell themselves they're skeptical in order to convince themselves that they've properly examined their beliefs.
It's really just another example of the hoops the brain will jump through to keep its model of reality from coming crashing down.