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Not at all. You can

a) Make claims that are not as extraordinary.

b) Back your claims up with evidence.

Making absolutely wild claims without evidence just makes you sound like a quack.



You complainers are missing the mark. You obviously can make extraordinary claims (see above for evidence).

What isn't reasonable is to also expect large numbers of people to take them seriously without evidence (see above for evidence of people questioning unsupported claims).


Maybe a better way to phrase our question is "is making such claims productive?"




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