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	<title><![CDATA[Gadflies Without a Sting: The Downside of Skepticism]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/gadflies-without-a-sting-_b_8619.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>"There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. <br />
Come, meet me there." Rumi</p>

<p>We live in a society where the worst humiliation, apparently, is to be duped. If Skeptic's table of contents reflects the world, we are buried up to our necks in charlatans, pseudoscientists, scam artists, and the self-deluded. I cannot otherwise explain why being skeptical, without any additional positive contribution, is considered somehow admirable. I dislike skepticism when it sits by the road and shoots...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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