# Is there anything that cannot be criticized, or cannot be treated with scepticism ...

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**Created:** [April 25, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964 "2012-04-25T22:46:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964/41 "2012-04-26T18:09:04Z")

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There are certainly circumstances where expressing doubt, criticism, or skepticism is not indicated. But that’s not the same as saying it’s not possible.

The problem with the original post here is that there aren’t really any non-obvious answers. So it strikes a lot of forumgoers as a pointless question to bring up.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964/42 "2012-04-26T19:10:54Z")

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I have heard that many things cannot be questioned, on the moon.

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964/43 "2012-04-26T20:10:10Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Gravity comes to mind.

This has been famously disputed by the alternative theory of “Earth sucks”

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-cannot-be-criticized-or-cannot-be-treated-with-scepticism/619964/44 "2012-04-27T08:19:34Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> Cogito ergo sum. (People have given quite serious consideration to this question before, you know.)

No, [that too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito_ergo_sum#Criticisms).

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