The E-F Zone

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." - David Hume

If I told you that the reason the US is involved in dozens of military conflicts around the world is that we are in a trade war with the Martians, who have been hoarding the good Coca Cola on their planet, a reasonable response would be asking to see my evidence.

You might even quote astronomer Tabetha Boyajian, who said,

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort."

And yet, and yet, and yet ....

Mothra, still feeling the pain of defeat at the hands of Godzilla, can accuse presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard of being a Russian asset without the tiniest drop of evidence - in fact, with oceans of evidence to the contrary - and people take her seriously...?

If only my pronouncements had that kind of sway ... we could get back the real cola that has cocaine in it ...

But that's just what President Trump wants me to believe ... or is it?

See what I mean? There's no end to complete gibberish, once you start stepping into the evidence-free zone.