I'm skeptical that it is possible to make fried beer. I find it hard to believe that one can be human and not be a hypocrite at least some times. I'm skeptical that atheist doctors will actually conspire to kill you sooner than other doctors. I'm skeptical that science experiments always work.
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A discussion in the comments section of the recent Skeptics' Circle reminded me of something I learned only after years in the skeptical movement.
As the person entrusted with the skeptical bloggy goodness that arrives every other week in the form of the Skeptics' Circle, how could I refuse to hawk something like this e-mail:
It's that time again, time for the 38th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle.
Thirsty?
Anyone practising Bible-based medicine might believe:
1) in medical miracles. If so, they forget the medical axiom "all patients die." It is pointless to keep me alive against my wishes because I will eventually escape.
2) they are saving my soul because suicide is wrong. In which case, that is clearly an imposition of their religion on me and not a legitimate medical decision -- by any stretch of the imagination.
I think it's pretty obvious that that isn't possible - what I'm interested to know is whether the same holds for the opposite: can a human being always be a hypocrite - i.e. in every single statement they make during a lifetime? There are a few so-called 'religious leaders' I haven't caught making even a single, public, non-hypocritical statement for decades, so I wonder if one of them will make it to the end of their life with a spot-less record of hypocrisy.