Check up the meaning of proof, then. It is not considered proven. It is the one with the highest chance of having happened - if you think "likely" as opposed to "unlikely" means proof, then you really should be looking up facts before expressing them.Captain Seafort wrote:It has been proven, repeatedly. Determining which of a number of theories best fits the data available, and therefore the one to be considered proven, is not the same as a mathematical proof. You are attempting to redefine it as such.
Mikey, I did not make a post about me not taking a position - I said there are other possibilites of any given, or even most accepted situation in Trek unless proven otherwise. People have then proceeded to argue against that (yourself included), when it is a simple fact. I have not been arguing against a point, but having been trying to explain that everything has a chance of happening or not happening - and that chance is only ever 1 or 0 when expressly proven. Evidence is not proof. Proof is proof. Proof is undeniable, irrefutable, absolute, utterly correct. If there is doubt, it is not proof. That is all proof - not just mathematical proof.
Proof =/= evidence
Proof = Fact
Evidence = speculation with basis
Likely =/= certain
Unlikely =/= impossible
Maybe =/= certain
Maybe =/= impossible
Maybe = non-0 and non-1 chance of happening. Between certain and impossible.
It is not impossible that the Argo has a shield. It is unlikely to have one.
It is not certain that the Argo has a shield. It is unlikely to have one.