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