“Skepticism is not a position; it’s a process,” said Dr. Shermer. Well, according to Merriam Dictionary it’s “an attitude of doubting the truth of something (such as a claim or statement).” At least, to most that is what skepticism is about, to be doubtful about a particular thing or person. Technically, that’s the common usage of the word “skeptic.”

I do believe with Dr. Shermer’s definition of skeptic. Don’t get me wrong, though we are not changing the technical meaning of the word, but for argument’s sake, let’s go deeper down the real meaning of skepticism. For me, it is the process of finding the actual deal behind everything or anything. It might still have the connection of being doubted, but basically, we are talking about a process of finding out and investigating further more to validate arguments or meaning before we acknowledge it as reliable and true. Skeptic people are the ones who you would spend the rest of the month persuading to buy something from you because they take the process of finding the purpose, conclusion, and justification for your reason. Most people do not want to deal with skeptic beings. They sound like they complicate simple things but really, all of us gets skeptical in some point of our lives. Admit it.

Whether or not you like being skeptical or the idea of skepticism, I would like to remind you that skepticism helps to make a positive influence to others. Being a skeptic person could also mean eliminating nonsense information, filtering out negativity, avoiding absurd arguments and reasoning, which could be very beneficial to a person or its company. Being skeptic is natural to humankind, it only proves that one values the information it receives and gives importance to the data one receives because, who knows, what you’ll discover about a thing or another might affect your whole life.