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sci.skeptic (plural sci.skeptics)
- (Internet slang) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.skeptic.
1993 February 27, phil...@stsci.edu, “Afrocentrism”, in sci.skeptic[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:AS> You try to discredit any of the sources that are provided,
I assume you mean other sci.skeptics; me, I haven't looked at your sources yet (I only just received some that might be accessible to me).
1994 May 14, DaveHatunen, “Feyerabend's Against method: a proposal for debate”, in sci.philosophy.tech[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:I think this thread is a perfect example of why most scientists (and us sci.skeptics) hold Philosophy of Science in such low regard.
2001 January 16, Matt Giwer, “More formal (mathematical) proof of prehistorical transatlantic contacts”, in alt.alien.visitors[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-08:I made a suggestion of something new to the sci.skeptics who hate Christianity but love Judaism.