I'm sure that "odium" isn't too far wrong, but I believe the word you intended was "onus". One should probably not conflate mathematical proofs and empirical e

I'm sure that "odium" isn't too far wrong, but I believe the word you intended was "onus". One should probably not conflate mathematical proofs and empirical evidence in this context. Mathematics allows for certain proofs, where no belief is required, but this is not true for any empirical science. I wouldn't recommend ever betting against the laws of thermodynamics, but at some point you have to take a leap of induction, if not of faith.