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tyr...@mail.sgi.net wrote:
> My example cited a KNOWN exception, division by 0.  What if there is no
> known exception?  CAN we assume that there won't be an exception?  If
> there IS an exception, whether or not that exception is known, it's not
> really a proof, is it?

Oh yah, I forgot about the venerable "what if?" argument.  What if trees
were made of cheese?  What if our entire existence was only a mere dream
of a real being?  What if there is some exception to all our rules?  The
fact is, yes we can ASSUME there won't be an exception.  All of our
mathematical and scientific reasoning is founded on a small number of
original axioms (for example: 1+1 = 2).  From these, we have proven a
great many things.  To show that we can, in fact, surpass the speed of
light, you must show that some of the basic observations we have made
about our universe are wrong.  So, hell, if we're to throw out some
things, why not throw them all out?  Maybe gravity doesn't keep us
grounded on earth.  Maybe it's just sticky tape that keeps us from
floating away.  We can only work with what we can observe.  Just
throwing wild "what ifs" into the field changes nothing.  Seriously, if
real scientists had your attitude about their work, then we would never
progress.  They would all just say: "why should we study this?  We'll be
wrong either way..."