by Chan Leeman Skepticism toward that which is different is a natural human tendency. To a certain extent, we are all a little leery of the unknown or unfamiliar, and we express that leeriness through any number of means. Most of us raise our inner walls to protect our mental and emotional beings from coming into too close a contact with unknown ideas and concepts, and those walls are only lowered after a degree of comfort has been established. This element of human nature comes to the fore fo