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> The Bermuda Triangle is basically what happens when three forces line up: the military's need to preserve reputation, the media's need for a compelling narrative, and the public's appetite for mystery over mundane failure.

I’d argue that skeptics have the easiest job in the world. They just have to provide a plausible and well-regarded answer to a mystery without providing adequate evidence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but ordinary claims don’t require much evidence at all.