The problem is that people confuse skepticism as being a curmudgeon rather than a process. Skepticism isn't simply nay-saying any idea, it's about keeping an open mind -- accepting the possibility that a claim is true without assuming it is until the evidence bears out. Scientists are skeptics by training, but they're human as well.
The problem is that people confuse skepticism as being a curmudgeon rather than a process. Skepticism isn't simply nay-saying any idea, it's about keeping an open mind -- accepting the possibility that a claim is true without assuming it is until the evidence bears out. Scientists are skeptics by training, but they're human as well.