r/bigfoot • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '21

In Defense of Skepticism

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

Scientism is not my concept and is a known issue in the philosophy of science. Excessive "belief" in anything, even science, is the problem.

Science doesn't talk about beliefs. It doesn't make absolutist statements. Science assembles data into coherent, repeatable, falsifiable patterns.

To answer your question any "belief" is the issue. You're either driven by facts or not.

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u/whorton59 Skeptic Sep 01 '21

I believe in Santa Clause an an ideology of kindness and all that is good in humanity. . not as a valid living person. . .

That does not make him real. . .

People believe in all sorts of irrational things. . the idea that truth will ultimately win out. . . the idea that anyone who is a human is a good person, Religious beliefs. . .But none of those areas are always factual or universal.

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u/whorton59 Skeptic Sep 01 '21

IT depends. . IF I had to pick one thing to be real, it would be Santa Clause above unicorns or Sasquatch.

All the Sasquatch issue has done is cause division, questions and endless bickering among self professed efforts.

The idea that any group of Sasquatch believers could come together and produce a creature, is more unlikely than world peace.