Talk:Abuses of skepticism

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[edit] merge with ignorance

most (examples) of this article is about "ignorance cloaked as scepticism", but scepticism is different from the ignorance of tobbaco and oil industries, it DEMANDS TESTING to find truth... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ollj (talk • contribs) 20 August 2006.

I suggest it would be better to merge this with Pathological skepticism (if that article survives AfD, in which case it is likely to be renamed). For one thing, that article would benefit from working some material from Chris Mooney's article into it. (Side note: I slightly refactored this page and signed both previous edits). Cheers, CWC(talk) 12:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

It has not only survived, but also been renamed Pseudoskepticism. I support the idea of merging this article with that one. The merge tag should be changed. -- Fyslee 17:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I removed

This section. There is no indication that anybody thinks that these represent an "abuse" of skepticism. Please provide a reference supporting it:

=== Overly skeptical towards new ideas ===

An oft used example is the slow acceptance of Alfred Wegener's ideas on continental drift. Defenders state this slow acceptance was justified as he lacked sufficient evidence. Another is Fred Hoyle's dismissal of the Big Bang, in part by naming it the Big Bang theory, years after the idea had become mainstream.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by ScienceApologist (talk • contribs) 8 October 2006.