Vendor-agnostic

Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer. (Usually computer related)

Instead, newly developed components can be integrated in a modular framework with a vendor-agnostic, multi-source solution. The modular open systems approach, or MOSA, uses accessible, published standards that are open for government and industry to work toward.

by Dickless Tracy June 21, 2019

New Agnosticism

New agnosticism, also neoagnosticism, militant agnosticism and fundamentalist agnosticism, is a term to describe writers and thinkers that seeks to counter new atheism, state atheism, religious fundamentalism with rational agnostic-pragmatic arguments everywhere and develop technoagnosticism, scientific agnosticism and agnosticology.

"New Agnosticism is a nice movement for counter new atheism, such as new deism also is. Still new agnosticism is under construction and it might take some years until new agnosticism and new deism become a thing, such as agnosticology and deistology."

by Full Monteirism March 8, 2021

gender agnostic

A person born of either sex, who believes that the existence or non-existence of gender norms or the construct of gender is indeterminable.

Synonymous with gender-fluid, or non-binary.

"They identify as gender agnostic now; they aren't sure what they are and neither does anyone else--and that's how they prefer it"

by Read Them All August 18, 2025

Hard Problem of Agnosticism

The paralysis of perpetual withholding. Agnosticism claims that the existence of God is unknown and perhaps unknowable. The hard problem is that this intellectual position offers no guidance for living. Life forces decisions that implicitly assume a worldview. Whether you choose to pray, pursue material success, or devote your life to charity, you are acting as if the universe has a certain character (meaningful, indifferent, benevolent). Agnosticism, taken purely, is a state of suspended animation. In practice, most "agnostics" are functional atheists or vague spiritualists, because pure agnosticism is existentially unworkable—it's a spectator sport in a game where everyone is forced to play.

Example: A true agnostic is asked on their deathbed, "Do you seek forgiveness or make peace with nothingness?" They respond, "I cannot know which is appropriate." The hard problem: While intellectually honest, this stance provides no compass. It's like refusing to choose a path at a fork in the road because the map is unclear, yet starving to death while deliberating. Agnosticism is the ultimate "maybe," but life demands a series of "yeses" and "nos." Its purity is its practical irrelevance, making it less a settled position and more a permanent state of inquiry without conclusion. Hard Problem of Agnosticism.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026