No, their belief WASN'T logical and that was born out later by logical reasoning of the evidential facts.
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What you call FACTS are only LOGICAL theories Vince.
Our FACTS change all the time because our LOGICAL theories were in error.
That's called the evolution of science.
Until we understand the quantum physics of everything we won't know much of anything except our LOGICAL perception of it. And that's if quantum physics is accurate.
