It’s very common for researchers to be convinced of things they can’t currently prove. Why else are you going to spend years of your life bashing your head aga

It’s very common for researchers to be convinced of things they can’t currently prove. Why else are you going to spend years of your life bashing your head against a brick wall trying to prove it? Sometimes that belief pays off spectacularly. Often it results in a junior researcher’s career going down the toilet because they or their supervisor backed the wrong horse and they ended up with nothing exciting to publish.