The Higgs Boson has been confirmed. I suppose the wider point was something on the lines that “all unconfirmed hypotheses should be treated equally”. Rationalists typically do not favour a level playing field, and prefer hypotheses that ire in line with broad principles that have been successful in the past—principles like reductionism, materialism, and , in earlier days determinism.
The Higgs Boson has been confirmed. I suppose the wider point was something on the lines that “all unconfirmed hypotheses should be treated equally”. Rationalists typically do not favour a level playing field, and prefer hypotheses that ire in line with broad principles that have been successful in the past—principles like reductionism, materialism, and , in earlier days determinism.