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		cuteboy19 on April 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I think faster than light travel is possible [vide... She's not saying that it should be possible, only that we shouldn't automatically rule it out based on a theory that we already know to be incomplete

ImPostingOnHN on April 10, 2023 [–]

it is reasonable to "rule out" (read: effectively treat as not true, see Russel's Teapot) any theory which lacks sufficient evidence to treat it with any greater weight

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