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 I think the sentence itself should be rewritten in a way that's more inline with available sources. The evidence for ""skepticism"" being widely applyied to ""empirical skepticism"" can be seen with a web search or a review of the sites and organizations which rally around this cause (Skeptic's Dictionary, Skeptical Enquirer, etc), but I've been unable to find a source that explicitly claims this, so this might fall under ""original research."" I am the one who originally added the sentence, so someone else should probably reword it.  "