Science is, by definition, based on observation and proving hypotheses through that observation. That's literally what the scientific method is all about and how a hypothesis, supported by evidence, becomes a theory, and thereafter a law, based on observable and measurable phenomena.
We all have our pet theories (read: ideas and biases) on the distant past, where we have an infinite number of possibilities; in this universe of possibilities, there is only one possible truth. Some of these observations and theories we might not have even tripped over yet as we literally stumble around in the dark.
Anything beyond that, even to a large extent cosmological theories such as the existence of a multiverse, let alone observations of the distant past, is, by definition, less about science and more about philosophy or even religion.
This knife cuts both ways and we should remember our own biases. In what way would you live your life differently if you believed the opposite of what you believe right now?
We all have our pet theories (read: ideas and biases) on the distant past, where we have an infinite number of possibilities; in this universe of possibilities, there is only one possible truth. Some of these observations and theories we might not have even tripped over yet as we literally stumble around in the dark.
Anything beyond that, even to a large extent cosmological theories such as the existence of a multiverse, let alone observations of the distant past, is, by definition, less about science and more about philosophy or even religion.
This knife cuts both ways and we should remember our own biases. In what way would you live your life differently if you believed the opposite of what you believe right now?