Similarly, good skeptics do not simply pick and choose the evidence that favor their position, but rather critically evaluate the evidence presented to them. This leads to a key point that is sometimes understated. Skepticism is not merely reaching a conclusion because some set of evidence was presented, but rather using logic and reason to evaluate the quality of evidence that leads to a conclusion. This is the heart of skepticism. This is wrong.
Skepticism is a provisional approach to claims.
Its the application of reason to any and all ideas - no sacred cows allowed. In other words, skepticism is a method, not a position . Ideally, skeptics do not go into an investigation closed to the possibillity that a phenomenon might be real or that a claim might be true. But this pure position is sterile and unproductive and held by virtually no one. If you are skeptical about everything, you would have to be skeptical of your own skepticism.