But what does it mean to “give skepticism a try”? I would think the challenge is not in simply being skeptical (and in fact, just being equally skeptical of everything is IMHO even more silly then being equally trusting in everything) - it’s being properly calibratedly skeptical, with incrementally reduced levels of skepticism as more evidence “for” is accumulated, and increased skepticism given more evidence “against”...
But what does it mean to “give skepticism a try”? I would think the challenge is not in simply being skeptical (and in fact, just being equally skeptical of everything is IMHO even more silly then being equally trusting in everything) - it’s being properly calibratedly skeptical, with incrementally reduced levels of skepticism as more evidence “for” is accumulated, and increased skepticism given more evidence “against”...
Yes you are thinking in the right direction.
I’ll make a separate post about how exactly skepticism adds up to normality. For now it’s an invitation to try to figure it out yourself.