What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.