Depends on how broadly you define the cultures, especially on the "skeptic" side. There are very few people who call themselves that who I respect. I'd probably agree that among the people who actually use that word, the culture is very close to intolerably poisonous. But I work every day doing research among people whose job titles include the word "scientist" (my own doesn't, but some of the jobs I'm currently paid for do have "Research" in their titles), and I think the people who call themselves "skeptics" believe themselves to be part of the same culture as the people I work with.
It's harder to define New Age because members of the culture I think she's talking about don't necessarily have a single term for the entire culture - many who I'd include as part of the same general category would distance themselves from the particular term "New Age" - but it includes both fluffbunnies and others.
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Date: 2007-11-12 10:32 pm (UTC)It's harder to define New Age because members of the culture I think she's talking about don't necessarily have a single term for the entire culture - many who I'd include as part of the same general category would distance themselves from the particular term "New Age" - but it includes both fluffbunnies and others.