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Comment author: wedrifid 18 March 2012 06:06:29AM *  2 points [-]

By the way, for anyone who cares, I recommend you don't spend much time picking up skeptic lingo; they have uniquely bad epistemology. Like, even worse than their sworn enemies the homeopaths and astrologers, and that's saying something.

What are some examples of particularly bad lingo and epistemology that skeptics use that you suggest we should avoid? This isn't rhetorical - I don't consider myself a skeptic. I'm curious and I imagine there could be a subset of those things that you think are epistemic bullshit that overlaps which I similarly could hold in contempt.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 18 March 2012 06:48:11AM 0 points [-]

I replied to the comment you deleted here. Sorry for the mix-up, I didn't realize you'd deleted it until after I replied.