I am skeptical of
everything. In fact, I'm skeptical of my own claim that I'm skeptical of everything. I'm probably wrong; there's most likely something I'm not skeptical of... but I
need to be.
You've probably seen my skepticism come out on topics of statism and the "necessity" of political government,
AGCC (politicized "climate change"), government "
borders", and politicized "
gender" issues, but I'm also still skeptical of other stuff. Even
libertarianism.
I test all these things constantly-- in my mind, in my experience, and in the "thought experiments" and experiences of others-- looking for ways they might fail. One failure tells more than a thousand successes.
Sometimes people present what they
believe is a good example of a failure of some idea, but when I dig into it, their
example fails instead of what it was supposed to topple. And that's OK. I still want to see the attempts.
If something I trust is going to fail, I want to know it
before I am in a situation where failure would hurt me or someone else.
Generally, I only
write about the failures I find, which makes it appear that I am skeptical of some issues but not others. But that's just because I haven't found failures in some issues yet. Maybe they are there. If they are, I want to find them. It's just how I am.
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Private to the person who made a donation yesterday: I have tried to thank you by email to your family email address, but the email never goes through. But I
do thank you!
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Reminder:
I'm skeptical that I'll get enough help.
