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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] nulluser@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It memorable and serves it's purpose to help inoculate lay people against pseudoscience. Something more objective but less catchy would not serve that purpose as well.