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~Skeptic-Furs
General Purpose: This group is for furries who consider themselves to be skeptics or who are interested in skepticism. The group is meant to provide a place that interesting and meaningful discussions can take place on topics relating to skepticism.
What is a Skeptic?
Stephen Pinker says it more eloquently than I can:
"A skeptic is one who prefers beliefs and conclusions that are reliable and valid to ones that are comforting or convenient, and therefore rigorously and openly applies the methods of science and reason to all empirical claims, especially their own.
A skeptic provisionally proportions acceptance of any claim to valid logic and a fair and thorough assessment of available evidence, and studies the pitfalls of human reason and the mechanisms of deception so as to avoid being deceived by others or themselves."
Wikipedia definition:
"Skepticism has many definitions, but generally refers to any questioning attitude of knowledge, facts, or opinions/beliefs stated as facts, or doubt regarding claims that are taken for granted elsewhere."
Why be Skeptical?
There is a lot of bunk out in the world. Skepticism can be applied in many places from buying a used car to evaluating the claims of a presidential candidate to determining whether or not that alternative medicine practitioner can actually do what they claim they can. Reason and critical thinking skills are important to have so that false claims and ideas can be identified and avoided. Don't let that snake-oil salesman rip you off!
Resources
List of Common Logical Fallicies
Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World
Michael Shermer's Why People Believe Weird Things
If there are any resources you would recommend to your fellows, please send me a note. This list is woefully incomplete.
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Upcoming Discussions
Discussion: Standards of Evidence
Classic Cases: Astrology
Classic Cases: Homeopathy
Classic Cases: Psychics
Additionally, any suggestions for submission, journal, and discussion topics are welcome!
Note: We welcome everyone to participate in discussions as long as they are coherent and respectable.
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Update!
11 years ago
After a long period of inactivity, the recent influx of watchers from various other groups has brought this group back to my attention. This group fell inactive for a variety of reasons, but the largest one was that I created this group right before it was time to leave for college. I had no idea how time-consuming my college experience would be, and with priorities on school, Skeptic-Furs quickly fell to the wayside.
Now I would like to revive this group as we are getting new watchers, but I'm not sure whether I'll have the time to produce new content, much less the highly sourced essays and discussion prompts I was hoping to provide when I first founded the Skeptic-Furs.
To be frank, I need help running and producing content for this group as I would hate to see Skeptic-Furs fall to the wayside again.
~Skeptic-Furs~
Now I would like to revive this group as we are getting new watchers, but I'm not sure whether I'll have the time to produce new content, much less the highly sourced essays and discussion prompts I was hoping to provide when I first founded the Skeptic-Furs.
To be frank, I need help running and producing content for this group as I would hate to see Skeptic-Furs fall to the wayside again.
~Skeptic-Furs~
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