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Originally Posted by InJoy  Furthermore, another point was made (by a different poster) that unmitigated skepticism is just as limiting as the absence of skeptical thought. |
I think that's true. I don't see reason ever to suspend belief completely. That suspense of belief or disbelief almost becomes an active position in and of itself, closing off any discussion of the issue. Why not just hold one belief but also the possibility of its opposite? Or hold that two or more alternatives are equally possible? Skeptics and believers differ on the degree to which they believe one should err on the side of self-doubt. It's a matter of degree, not of kind, that separates a believer from a non-believer.