In ancient Greek and Roman philosophies there are some important predictions about hidden aspects of the world. These are called hypotheses, meaning placed underneath. They are hidden, but can affect all the phenomena we experience.

Here are some hypotheses.

Everything is made of Atoms. First suggested by the ancient Greeks then the Roman writer Lucretius. True! and proven by X rays, microscopes and pinging particles at thin foil to see what happens.

All structures are determined by Forms. First suggested by Plato. Not necessarily true or false. The hypothesis is self- consistent, albeit after some serious attack from Plato’s own work, the Parmenides. No instrumentation has been developed to detect forms.

All thoughts are constructed around Ideas derived from Impressions. First suggested by David Hume and then developed by Immanuel Kant. Not necessarily true but a powerful hypothesis  of glitchy thought that resides in the Imagination, “the magic of the Soul”. Although I see evidence through students linking ideas together by a perceived similarity, albeit incorrectly and getting an equation with the right ingredients but upside down, again this hypothesis has not been proven to be true.

Remember a hypothesis must be presented in an honest way in which it is open to refutation. It can never be proven by logic but may be affirmed by scientific discovery at a future time.