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Colin Wright
May 05, 2022
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Used casually, calling yourself a "skeptic" often means you question everything and don't take anything at face-value. You may even have a serious distrust of authority and supposed experts.

The traditional application of the term "skeptic" is a bit different from that modern, more casual usage.

The general idea, in early Ancient Greek thinking, was that …

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