"The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn……" — Massimo Pigliucci

"The downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large."

— Massimo Pigliucci

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