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[–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

While you're clearly passionate about this, that's not how science works. The default claim is not by default true. Instead science calls it the null hypothesis. Then a rigorous study is performed to try to disprove the null hypothesis with a percent certainty. Failure to refute the null hypothesis often constrains the possible domain, which is where the philosophy "God of the gaps" comes from. What this structure does is promotes new out of the box thinking for very hard problems, even if they seem they actually are not provable or outright wrong. The tactic of trying to overwhelm the scientific process of very strong null hypotheses and weak counter arguments is called a gish gallop.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago

that’s not how science works. The default claim is not by default true.

it is generally (lets ignore math) impossible to prove non-existence, you can only do it the other way around. so non-existence is the default claim, until you prove otherwise.