Hitchens’ razor

This refers to the argument that it is the responsibility of people who make claims to prove its truth. In other words, the burden of proof to prove a claim lies entirely with the person who puts it forward in the rst place. So, critics can simply dismiss any unsubstantiated claim without having to put in the eort required to disprove its supposed validity. It is named after the famous British writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens, who elaborated on the argument in God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything