Skepticism- Having a skeptical attitude; doubt.
Have you ever really looked at skepticism? Is it good or Bad? In my opinion it's a combination of both. There's situation where it can be good or it can be bad. Being a skeptic can be bad, because it can be portrayed as "Judging a book by its cover". As kids we were always taught that this was a bad thing, that you should always look in the content of a book instead of picking it up and right away putting it back because you don't like the look of it. Being a skeptic can also be good because you have reason to look into things more and find the truth in these things. Science is a great example. Being a skeptic is a key factor to being a good scientist. For example if you have reason to doubt a certain side of a sciantific related issue, boom, you have yourself a hypothesis and then you have an experiment. Thus improving your work.
In reality you can improve yourself being a skeptic but you can also not learn by being a skeptic. So pick up that book and read it even if it has the ugliest cover on the planet. You never know you may have just found your new favorite author.
I think that you may be confusing scepticism with cynicism.
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