Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?

[chimp3]

To the pragmatist "extraordinary claim" does not mean "simply amazing" or "awesome". The phrase , as used in the thread title, refers to the concept expressed as Occam's Razor. We have no evidence that people can levitate and disappear above the clouds. We have no knowledge of any physical process that makes such an event possible. A claim that states "Person A" physically rose into the sky (without a JATO) is extraordinary. That claim demands not only evidence the event occurred but also an extraordinary overturning of the known laws of physics and biology. The OP is twisting the meaning of "extraordinary" the way that I.D.iots twist the word "theory".