Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~You’re less likely to be drawn into error. How many times have you been saved from some stupidity by doubt or regretted not being?
~How bad do you feel when you were gullible? How bad do you feel when you were skeptical? ~That should tell you what the default should be.
~The world is out to mislead you, whether intentionally or not.
~When you look at people who believe in false religions, aren’t you wishing they would express some doubt?
~You aren’t suckered into scams.
~You aren’t likely to join a cult.
~If something is true, it’ll hold up to the questions.
~If some idea wants my affirmation, it needs to persuade me. I don’t just marry every wishful young notion who courts my affections.
~Gullible is never spoken of as a virtue.
~Just look around at all the ridiculous things people believe because they don’t have enough capacity for doubt.
~Doubt is the cornerstone of modern science. The attempt to disprove things and then to accept whatever remains.
~If someone doesn’t know how to doubt, they are just going to become ideological robots.
Links:
Virtue of doubt
Postmodern doubt (Christian)
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