The normative stance in skeptic communities where demanding extraordinary evidence, doubting everything
outside a narrow scientific consensus, and aggressively debunking âpseudoscienceâ become mandatory performances of virtue. Being âskeptically correctâ 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 orthodoxyâhere, the orthodoxy of methodological naturalism and the authority of institutional
scienceâand punishing deviation with ridicule and exclusion.
Example: âWhen she mentioned her
meditation practice, he
immediately declared it âunscientificâ and questioned her judgment. He wasnât being skeptical; he was being skeptically correct, enforcing the communityâs approved beliefs.â