So, back to the “thrill-seeker?” thought. The idea is this; if you are never resting on a value system, you are constantly on the move and on the go. There is not a moment of rest and at the same time, you are always in a precarious position of a balancing act. Your entire brain is always engaged because it’s always taking risks. You are (actually, I am) always plunging into things: taking risks is your way of life if that’s the way I think. Saying that I’m a skeptic means that it’s really easy to make me think twice about something. You only have to point out a little inconsistency or give me a morsel of a puzzle piece and I will eat it up--that is, my mind will start turning fiercely and I am too ready to turn my whole world upside down (at least temporarily) to re-examine it all over again through this new perspective that I have been granted. (Yes, a perspective that can provoke me that much seems like something that has been “granted.”)
So, I wonder if that made the connection clear?
I shall re-read and revisit this question and see what I think. Somehow I feel like it’s not all that clear. Another thought: I also think that quality of skepticism in a person tends to inhabit a rather intense mind that is so ready to plunge in at any time.