How about “less evidence than X”, where X is something ridiculously silly? It seems like it might have the same psychological effects, in which case it would be preferable.
I feel strangely certain that if we started countering “my coin flips coming up mostly heads is evidence of my magic!” with “less evidence for magic than your capacity to continue breathing is”, the kind of person in question would simply write books about how breathing is obviously magical in nature.
How about “less evidence than X”, where X is something ridiculously silly? It seems like it might have the same psychological effects, in which case it would be preferable.
I feel strangely certain that if we started countering “my coin flips coming up mostly heads is evidence of my magic!” with “less evidence for magic than your capacity to continue breathing is”, the kind of person in question would simply write books about how breathing is obviously magical in nature.