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The issue usually is less about the topic than the way the topic is discussed. When there's a consensus on something, the data should point in that direction. If you happen to disagree, you should form an argument that is coherent, presents relevant data, and cites credible sources (unless it's original). If whoever tries to convince skeptic group Y does not do that, you're free to play devils advocate and try to improve the argument of the party in question, but I don't see an obligation to do their work for them.

Sure, there will be some cases where someone presents a decent argument and still gets dismissed, but I'd have to think hard to come up with examples, whereas I remember three embarrassingly weak arguments just from last week that ended in "well you're just close-minded."

i guess it's just common sense at first and education/experience later. take desteni for example, when i read those blogs and endless 'i forgive myself for allowing myself to masturbate while inserting banana up my anus...' mantras - i just pity those lost fools. any sane person will do the sane, however we might disagree on how to treat them.

A credible source is a source of information that comes from someone with expertise in cases of varying fields. Information found within credible sources are usually the most widely accepted facts amongst experts.

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Keep in mind, also, that you could make basically the same argument about places where conspiracy theorists gather.

I agree, confirmation bias is very common on both sides of the spectrum.

The issue when you apply it to conspiracy theories is, that 'skeptics' take the arguments of conspiracy theorist and then search to debunk the theory, sometimes with one-sided research, while conspiracy theorists, that suffer from confirmation bias basically launch new conspiracy theories exponentially. Once you confirmatively start researching CT's, you will find one after the other. By doing so, it gives people coming up with a real conspiracy a huge disadvantage, especially amongst confirmation biased skeptics.

Since skeptics live on debunkiing all those CT's, even if they do it in a confirmative way, cause less 'damage', because their domain is basically whatever the CT's come up with.

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at least we're not racist scum like yourself so there is that to be cheerful about.

Unbelievable that for some reason you seem to receive more cheers in here than me. You, my friend, are a complete fucking idiot. Hope I find you in front of my car some day, so I can push the gas-pedal.

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Quote from Evil Elvis

at least we're not racist scum like yourself so there is that to be cheerful about.

Unbelievable that for some reason you seem to receive more cheers in here than me. You, my friend, are a complete fucking idiot. Hope I find you in front of my car some day, so I can push the gas-pedal.

I do not support the threat of violence you are suggesting above on a SP member.

The Jews made him do it

Quote from DamarauderHope I find you in front of my car some day, so I can push the gas-pedal.

gas pedal you say damarauder? who are you kidding, you don't drive because cars are evil contraptions invented by jews. but i understand how it must be for you when you fail to find people who share your moronic views, i guess murder is the only options beings like you go for in the end.