Today, not only in scientific, but also in colloquial speech, one can often hear the word “hypothetically”. What is hidden in this token?
The meaning and origin of the word
The semantics of the word is associated with the noun “hypothesis”, which in translation from the ancient Greek language means “assumption”. The term belongs to the world of science. This is a scientific conjecture, an assumption that has not yet been proven and verified. As a result of the experiment, the hypothesis can be proved and go into the category of facts or be refuted. The adjective “hypothetical” derived from this word means “based on a hypothesis”. The meaning of the word “hypothetically” is supposedly permissible.
Assumptions that have become true
Let’s take a look at what facts could once be considered hypothetically. What is the Universe from the point of view of cosmology? It is unchangeable, eternal. To prove this hypothesis, Einstein needed to introduce a cosmological constant in the theory of relativity. Astronomers over time confirmed the hunch of a brilliant scientist.
The proof of Fermat's famous theorem appeared only in 1994, mathematicians searched for it for three centuries. Until 2002, Poincare’s assumption that any three-dimensional object with the properties of a sphere must be accurate to deformation by a sphere could be said to be a hypothetical question, but the Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman proved this assumption, and it passed from a category of guesses to a category indisputable facts. Some problems that have long existed in science are still awaiting confirmation. The allegations contained in them, while considering hypothetically.
What is creationism?
This is an explanation of the origin of all life on earth by Divine expression of will. In general, the question of the appearance of life for thousands of years worries the minds of scientists from different fields of knowledge. It is important for a person to answer him, because his views, principles, and beliefs depend on this. Proponents of scientific creationism (creatio means "creation") are trying to find a scientific basis for their theory. In addition to this version of the birth of the world, there are several more hypotheses. And if the assumption about the spontaneous origin of life looks frankly weak, the opinion on the biochemical evolution of carbon compounds, made by academician Alexander Oparin at the beginning of the last century, today shares part of the scientific world.
The idea that life was brought to the planet by extraterrestrial civilizations gave rise to the theory of the “great barrier”, which was expressed hypothetically by ufologists. What is the “great barrier” hypothesis? Intelligent creatures create a civilization that is becoming increasingly high-tech, so it destroys itself before it manages to discover the possibilities of making a galactic journey to other planets where there are brothers in mind. That is why many people report that they saw aliens, but no one can bring unconditional and clear arguments in favor of this statement.