On 8 December 2014 at 23:36, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You can notice the subtle change in the meaning of being a "skeptic". The > original meaning is very close to "agnostic" but it has been slowly sliding > into a strong preference for common sense, which is to say, the belief of > the majority. > Yes that seems possible, indeed likely. Also it gets kidnapped by "climate change sceptics" and suchlike, who are using it in the "postmodern" sense that loosely translates as "you can't prove X 100% therefore not-X is 'just as valid'." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
