I'm far more open to spirituality and exploring what spirituality means to me than I have ever been in the past. In the past I was quite hostile to spirituality, as I connected spirituality with religion and also pseudoscientific types of thinking. I think my new found openness stems from discussions with philosophers and futurists currently focused on constructing 21st century world views for scientifically-minded people that are still interested in exploring phenomena that cannot be directly tested with observations or confidently explained with theory. I'm also more compassionate and understanding about people's own subjective understanding of the universe (as long as it doesn't affect policy-making).
I love me some psuedoscience and futurism, but I'm still 100% Scully when it comes to spirituality. I can't help but roll my eyes at friends who decide to believe in such things, like my friends who recently decided to take up Wiccan for fun, or taking any of it seriously. It just feels like the comfortable beliefs that humans gravitate towards when there's something they don't understand, and then viciously defend when contrarians inevitably arrive with something tangible or objective that illuminates their previous dark corner. How do you reconcile the two?
do people use the word 'Scully' to describe a skeptic person? because i would enjoy that reference (if it does in fact refer to x-files). loved that series.
you don't. but i think skepticism can be a euphemism for introspection, and identifying tacit features of a personal or psychological nature.