==Skepticism as Inertia== 
 This is pure propaganda, right? Calling flat-earthers "skeptics" is just stupid. In any case the whole section is biased. It lumps all people that are skeptical of anything together - those who are skeptical of new ideas and those who are skeptical of obvious nonsense. Exactly this argumentation is frequently used by crackpots who are trying to gain acceptance by dismissing their opponents as "just some orthodox, conservative, scientists who always try to shoot down new ideas." Skeptics don't fight new ideas, they fight ideas without good evidence, which are often old ideas that don't die out.