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It's funny, I actually agree 100% with the author on skpeticism being blind to the fact that we only understand reality via mental models (all models are wrong, but some are useful, as they say), and science being more of a social process with it's own biases and ossified traditions than a grand search for capital-t Truth.

And yet, I also disagree completely with his politics. I used to be both a skeptic and a progressive. Now I'm spiritual and a reactionary. I believe that drugs, meditation and religious experiences can help us access aspects of reality that are normally invisible. I also believe that democracy is an outdated system of government, and the particular brand of feminism the author defends is just another batshit crazy ideology. (I'm all for the Sheryl Sandbergs of the world, but when people start talking about patriarchy and privilege they might as well be talking about sin and Satan for all I care).

Also, why are people on the left so keen to defend Islam at the drop of a hat? Is it just an "enemy of my enemy" kind of deal? (We hate America, Radical Islamists hate America, hey, these Muslims seem pretty smart doncha know!) I have respect for FEMEN and other second-wave feminist handouts who at least try and keep their worldview consisistent and criticise the treatment of women in Muslim countries.

I don't know what that makes me, other than "odd".