Then you've misunderstood: "claims of X seem exaggerated" can (and should) be taken as "the evidence for X is weak" (hence my request for more). Anyway you wa

Then you've misunderstood: "claims of X seem exaggerated" can (and should) be taken as "the evidence for X is weak" (hence my request for more). Anyway you want to cut it, this is a completely pedantic derailment of the original point: OP is making completely empty declarations.