We live in a society where the worst humiliation, apparently, is to beduped. If Skeptic's table of contents reflects the world, we are buriedup to our necks in charlatans, pseudoscientists, scam artists, and theself-deluded. I cannot otherwise explain why being skeptical, withoutany additional positive contribution, is considered somehow admirable.I dislike skepticism when it sits by the road and shoots down anytraveler trying to take a different way. I oppose skepticism when itturns destructive, using disdainful dismissiveness as its chief tactic.
by Deepak Chopra