# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:11:42.159Z

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description: "Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. Known as one of the \"Four Horsemen\" of New Atheism, he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker. His epistemological razor, which states that \"what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence\", is used in philosophy and law."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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