forum for week of 26 September: skepticism

I believe that people become skeptical of their own previously founded beliefs when faced with philosophical skepticism is a result of two principles; a) It's human nature that we exhibit some nativity to information, when someone tells us their argument or point of view. This is especially evident to our beliefs that are not properly grounded or these very same beliefs being well dissected, debunked or unraveled by the source of contradictory information in question. When one of our thoughts gets challenged, we immediately start to challenge other thoughts associated with it. b) This leads into my second point of conformity. Humans have a great tendency to agree with each other. We feel a sense of social insecurity, and awkwardness when we think, reason (and in this case) believe something different then someone else. Thus we feel more at ease when we doubt our own ideas, and agree to the more "grounded" reasons of others