In cases of extreme scientific implausibility, it’s perhaps best to withhold judgment until truly expert investigation can be done and results can be independently replicated. Such a position isn’t closed-minded, it is simply realistic. If something seems too fantastical to be true, history tells us it is extremely likely that it’s not true, that it’s just an illusion, an error, or an artifact of flawed methodology. At the very least, all such possibilities should be ruled out to a degree that is in proportion with the implausibility of the claim.
