Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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People if you are going to go off and make wild and extraordinary claims about things you need to have equally extraordinary evidence. Suggestions and hints will not do it.

If you are going to claim the sky is blue you do not need a great deal of evidence to convince people. It is not extraordinary. But if you are going to suggest that for some unknown reason using some unknown technique some unknown group triggered an enormous quake and killed 1000s of people you are going to have to come up with some very extraordinary evidence. Hints and suggestions that it may be possible in some manner won't cut it.

It is natural for people to react to tradgedies. They are a collasal emotional impact. The mind naturally looks for a reason it happened. Its what we have learned since birth. But not all things have a guiding force behind it. Not all things happen for a purpose. Hearing this will not change your mind about it while the emotions still rage. For changing your mind would be changing your emotions. But it is the truth.

When you feel as though there has to be someone behind the scenes pulling the levers stop and consider where this notion is coming from. Is it from the evidence before you or from your gut? Your gut is not always wrong but it is also not always right. Deal with what we can deal with. Evidence. If you believe we do not have all the evidence then keep digging for more evidence. It is in this way that we uncover the truth.