______________________________________________________________________________ < ... Fortunately, the responsibility for providing evidence is on the part of > < the person making the claim, not the critic. It is not the responsibility > < of UFO skeptics to prove that a UFO has never existed, nor is it the > < responsibility of paranormal-health-claims skeptics to prove that crystals > < or colored lights never healed anyone. The skeptic's role is to point out > < claims that are not adequately supported by acceptable evidence and to > < provide plausible alternative explanations that are more in keeping with > < the accepted body of scientific evidence. ... > < ― Thomas L. Creed, The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. XII No. 2, pg. 215 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \ \ \ .--. |o_o | |:_/ | // \ \ (| | ) /'\_ _/`\ \___)=(___/