Pseudo-skepticism

No need to pay them. Too many (but not all) skeptics make skepticism a main part of their personality, and at the same time "freeze" their knowledge and understanding to the prevalent scientific paradigm of the day (often not being scientists themselves or having left academia long ago for greener pastures).
Thus, anything contradicting their worldview is also threatening key features of their personality - leading to cases like OP ones, where possible evidence is dismissed even before engaging with it.
Ironically, this borders on quasi-religious dogma adherence (and in that sense mirror religious fanatics and para science diehards).
I completely understand how utterly annoying and obnoxious para science believers can be (encountered a few of them while I was still a scientist); this doesn't justify dismissing evidence in sufficiently reputable journals without even reading it.
-- tanypteryx ·9 hr. ago
Pseudo-skepticism is a term that may refer to the activity of pretending or mistaking oneself as skeptical. "The Heaven's Gate activist, mistook her thought for adequate skepticism."
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* Pseudo; Skepticism; Cult State
* Pseudo-intellectualism; Freedom and consciousness
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