The first question to ask to complete this analysis is: How are knowledge claims created? A knowledge claim is a judgment about something we believe to be true with or without sufficient evidence. Knowledge claims are what we create as a means to justify and/or rationalize our beliefs and thoughts. Knowledge claims are created in an attempt to define and classify such thoughts. One way that knowledge claims are created is through personal beliefs reinforced by others. We live in a culture where we depend on others to reassure us in our beliefs, and in doing so this allows us to form our own idea of ​​what the truth is. For example, I have created knowledge claims based on the influence of others. When I once visited the zoo at the age of 8, I was convinced that elephants and hippos were the same kind of animals. When I told one of my classmates about my belief, she assured me that what I believed was true. Therefore, I created a knowledge claim that elephants and hippos were the same animal based on reassurance given to me by someone else. Despite knowing that this knowledge claim is now false, I created that knowledge claim based on the similar belief of others. I felt confident in my “belief” because someone else had a similar belief to mine, thus allowing me to feel confident in what I thought was true, therefore leading to the creation of my knowledge claim. In the scientific community, if a hypothesis has been proven and is widely recognized and is supported by the other logic of scientists without actually doing their own research or experiments, then what has been proven to be true, they believe to be true. When I even claim to know something, I manage to reach......middle of paper...a hole of doubt, thus diminishing the reliability contained in any knowledge claim I'm trying to prove to be correct. Within our society, there have been occasional instances where doubt has increased on the journey to prove a knowledge claim to be correct. A skeptic's process only works to illuminate the weaknesses of our knowledge claims and in doing so will prove or disprove the claim itself. There have been many examples of skepticism in fields of science that have led to doubts, such as the ability of other planets to support life, and skepticism in history can be seen in the simple idea of ​​whether or not certain events happened in the past. . The more we dig, the more we find that this contradicts and undermines what we believe. Overall, skepticism is a path that leads to a more accurate knowledge claim and a better truth.