Existential Self-Reassurance for Skeptics: The ‘7 Ws’ of Skepticism

We are always at risk for absorbing and retaining false beliefs, and we have to guard against them. Skepticism, then, is often a healthy attitude. But there isn’t enough time to question everything. There’s only so much fact-checking we can do in a lifetime, whether it’s thousands of small details that are already in encyclopedias or one big truth that has yet to be discovered, and we want to feel that we’re getting the most out of our curated states of doubt. How do we self-examine our skepticism to feel confident that we’re on the right…