Skeptically Correct

The normative stance in skeptic communities where demanding extraordinary evidence, doubting everything outside a narrow scientific consensus, and aggressively debunking “pseudoscience” become mandatory performances of virtue. Being “skeptically correct” means reflexively rejecting claims about spirituality, alternative medicine, or anomalous experiences, and dismissing anyone who entertains them as gullible or irrational. It mimics political correctness by establishing a rigid orthodoxy—here, the orthodoxy of methodological naturalism and the authority of institutional science—and punishing deviation with ridicule and exclusion.

Example: “When she mentioned her meditation practice, he immediately declared it ‘unscientific’ and questioned her judgment. He wasn’t being skeptical; he was being skeptically correct, enforcing the community’s approved beliefs.”

Skeptically Correct by Dumu The Void April 1, 2026