[RogerL]

Utter nonsense. It is the lack of belief in something without evidence. You don't believe I have a full grown elephant in my pants pocket because it is a dubious claim with no evidence. That doesn't make it a belief - it's a lack of belief. It's a rational stand that you would revise instantly if I were to pull an elephant out of my pocket. That's entirely different from believing/asserting something to be true in the absence of evidence.