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saywherefore t1_ivp4gd4 wrote

Reply to comment by tired_physicist in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator

There is a difference between hypothesising something that could be observed, we just don’t have the means yet, and hypothesising something which is fundamentally unobservable.

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tired_physicist t1_ivp962e wrote

Indeed, although if there are unobservable conclusions from our best models of reality, how much confidence should be put into the conclusions that aren't directly observable?

In other words, should we be of the mindset that our current models of reality are incorrect and there are more appropriate ones which don't predict or result in unobservable conclusions, or are we on the right track and there are in fact things which we will never be able to directly observe

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