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In his talk he quoted Charles D. Beaudette as offering the following
characteristics of scientific skeptics:
1. They do not express their criticisms in those venues where it will
be
subject to peer review.
2. They do not go into the laboratory and practise the experiment along
with the practitioner.
3. Assertions are offered as though they were scientifically based
when in
fact they are mere guesses.
4. Satire, dismissal and slander are freely employed.