> I guess everyone is forced to believe something un-provable about life > Looking at all of those galaxies forces you to come to terms with how little any of

> I guess everyone is forced to believe something un-provable about life > Looking at all of those galaxies forces you to come to terms with how little any of us really know for sure. Only if you are forced to look at all that - in detail - and since that's not essential to a mundane life, there is no obligation to believe anything much. I mean, I'm trying to make a point about believe in distinction to knowledge. There is yet a weaker modus operandi, which I'd call awareness for now, but that's a loaded term, too. If you hold two thoughts about contradicting possibilities in mind at the same time, that's not believe. Believe happens when externalities force a decision, also called leap of faith. Then you choose to believe in one possibility. Knowledge on the other hand means the possibility of round about 1.