Logic 101: The burden of proof

The default position is always disbelief. Period. Logic and reason falls apart if we fail to understand this concept.

The burden of proof identifies the default position in the step-wise process in our understanding of True things. This is where the logical obligation to provide evidence rests. This is a fundamental aspect of rational thought and reasoning.

If we present a claim toward Truth, then the burden of proof falls squarely on the idea we have presented.

If the evidence presented does not satisfy the burden of proof, then the belief in the claim is not logically justified. The claim therefore cannot be considered True (yet).

Disbelief (skepticism) is logically the default position for any claim, always. To shift the burden of proof causes anything we can imagine to become true to us. This is not logical as everything cannot be True. The position of skepticism (or the position that does not claim a relationship between ideas) is known as the null hypothesis.