Skeptic, n. One who doubts what he does not want to believe and believes what he does not want to doubt.
-L. A. Rollins, Lucifer’s Lexicon
I was disappointed to find that Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary didn’t have such a term. I had thought it would be a similar definition, and an ironically close name, though searching again showed me that the Lexicon is based on the Dictionary.
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
That what you were thinking of?
I was looking for skeptic specifically, but that’s a close second.
Vote this up! What could be more rational than to be skeptical about skepticism?
Being skeptical about skepticism about skepticism?
-L. A. Rollins, Lucifer’s Lexicon
I was disappointed to find that Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary didn’t have such a term. I had thought it would be a similar definition, and an ironically close name, though searching again showed me that the Lexicon is based on the Dictionary.
That what you were thinking of?
I was looking for skeptic specifically, but that’s a close second.
Vote this up! What could be more rational than to be skeptical about skepticism?
Being skeptical about skepticism about skepticism?