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Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism, sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence.

Do not confuse this with General Skepticism, Philosophical Skepticism, or Denialism.

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1984 Paper Blaming AIDS on "mass hysteria" and "psychosocial fantasies" (web.archive.org)

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Web Archive link because I don’t want to support anyone hosting that vile stuff.

Really makes me think about the illnesses with no known cause we often blame on “hysteria”.

It does seem to be a pattern that illnesses of unknown cause (with physical symptoms) are blamed on psychology… until a cause is found.

See how peptic ulcers were treated before the discovery of “H. Pylori” or just the general history of Lupus.

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