Editing Skeptic (section)

==Trivia==
*Skeptic as a word is used in both Pact and Pale but the distinction between it in its casual usage and the phenomena for [[Aware]] is not fully explicated.<ref name="V1">“We have no intention of letting you die,” Miss said.<br><br>“Why were my eyes last to open?” Verona asked “That doesn’t seem right.”<br><br>“It’s a good thing, Verona. Those things that let you hold onto what came before, like skepticism, imagination? They’re going to be things that make you an excellent practitioner, should you follow through here today.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/09 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.1]]</ref><ref name="V2">“I do believe she is,” Maricica said. “She dove deep but she resurfaced. Most who take animal forms don’t learn to speak so quickly. As Miss suggested before the awakening ritual, skills like a strong imagination make a good skeptic and a good practitioner both.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/16 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.3]]</ref>
*Skeptic is used here in the most basic questioning of reality sense,<ref>Wildbow on Discord <!---
* People called & calling themselves "skeptics" can include people who reject conventional thought ''despite that not necessarily making sense'', sometimes in the form of a "assume anything mainstream or conventionally accepted is false" kneejerk 'skeptical' reaction.  Conspiracy theories become what they slot in after said kneejerk reaction.  <br />

# Kneejerk may be the wrong word.  Automatic, perhaps.  <br />

# Sharon is a skeptic in this direction.  Automatic rejection of what's before her.  <br />

## You see a lot of skeptics of this brand in the comment sections of just about any news story.  Like it makes them feel superior to be like "But this doesn't make sense, what if this is fake?  What if this set of facts is false?"  -- especially when those articles are contrary to what they ''want'' to believe. (edited)  <br />
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## Lucy talks about it in story, about how any article where racism is in clear evidence will have people ''insisting'' there must be an alternative explanation. (edited)  <br />

#  (I can't recall if it's a conversation with Booker or one with her therapist, but something like that)  <br />


the scientific skeptic communitiy uses this definition https://www.skepticblog.org/2008/11/17/skeptic-the-name-thing-again/

 --></ref><ref>[[Dash to Pieces 11.12]]</ref> int the real world skeptics tend to divide themselves between those that [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Skepticism follow scientific criteria] and those who deny basic reality to [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Denialism suit themselves or an agenda].
*Mystics have long claimed a phenomena similar to this is responsible for their own failures of 'magic'.
**A relevant historical anecdote here is the deteriorated relationship of [[Wikipedia:Ehrich Weiss|Ehrich Weiss]] and his friend [[Wikipedia:Conan Doyle|Conan]]. Briefly, Ehrich would accompany Conan to seances and similar, disproving and exposing all as some variation on scams or confidence trickery. Conan retorted that the answer must be that Ehrich in fact had real magical powers that were canceling out those of the hucksters.<ref>This story is can be seen in numerous contexts, selected versions can be found [https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4430 here], [https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/doyle.htm here], [https://lithub.com/why-harry-houdini-did-not-like-arthur-conan-doyle/ here] and [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/houdinis-skeptical-advice/ here].</ref><!--
*Some people have taken issue with People like Sharon being called skeptics preferring they be called denialists-->
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