Luis Elizondo and why aliens are absolutely visiting us...

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81. The burden of proof

is on those making the claims as it would be illogical to expect the detractors to "prove a negative" (which is a not possible or at least impractical). For instance if I claimed there are flying cows and leprechauns and asked you to prove there aren't, you would not be able to do so.

In a similar manner, I cannot "prove" to you or even provide direct evidence that aliens in flying saucers or on earth someplace do not exist. It only makes sense to provide evidence of something's existence.

You however are correct about what I would say about paranormal phenomena - the situations are very similar i.e. little or no credible, verifiable evidence and, many reasons to suspect they do not exist.

As for scientific dogma, "dogma" and "science" are mutually exclusive - one is the polar opposite of the other. Dogma is based on belief while science is based on evidence.