[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

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Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence, says the law of the land. In the world of science, if a claim is too extraordinary to trust without proof, then you have a responsibility to provide proof. Even in our everyday lives, we have a similar responsibility to be careful when we hear something that is too good to be true.

Source: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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