Hello

There exists a class of assertions which cannot be proven, yet remain overwhelmingly likely to be true. While lacking the tidy cleanliness of solid facts, doubting the truth of these assertions is fruitless- as proof depends on variables beyond one's grasp. Therefore it is reasonable to treat them as if they were true, in order to use them in further proofs or discard them as unnecessary to our epistemology.

Interestingly enough, many of our scientific advances rest upon such assertions.

The point is that we do not require absolute verification if the phenomena observed consistently behaves in a manner consistent with our suppositions. Only if there is a deviance from the pattern are we required to reexamine the available information and revise our beliefs.

Of course, there is another option: when the phenomena ceases to be meaningful or interesting, one can abandon examination altogether and devote one's time to more worthwhile questions.

There exists a class of assertions which cannot be proven, yet remain overwhelmingly likely to be true. While lacking the tidy cleanliness of solid facts, doubting the truth of these assertions is fruitless- as proof depends on variables beyond one's grasp. Therefore it is reasonable to treat them as if they were true, in order to use them in further proofs or discard them as unnecessary to our epistemology.

Interestingly enough, many of our scientific advances rest upon such assertions.

The point is that we do not require absolute verification if the phenomena observed consistently behaves in a manner consistent with our suppositions. Only if there is a deviance from the pattern are we required to reexamine the available information and revise our beliefs.

Of course, there is another option: when the phenomena ceases to be meaningful or interesting, one can abandon examination altogether and devote one's time to more worthwhile questions.

^^^^ WTF!^^^^^^^