[Aedes]

What this boils down to is what makes a claim extraordinary.

An ORDINARY claim doesn't need a lot of evidence, because it already conforms to evidence that is consistent with our everyday experience. So if I say "I let go of a rock and it fell to the ground," that really doesn't require special evidence. I mean so what, everything else we drops falls to the ground.

An EXTRAORDINARY claim lacks this connection with our everyday experiences. Thus, we're entitled to a lot of skepticism. So if I say "I let go of a rock and it transformed into a white dove and flew away," then that DOES require more evidence than the first claim.