e</em> a hypothesis, does not mean the hypothesis is true. Any conclusions that we draw from hypothetical thinking are <strong>conditioned</strong> on the assumption; they should not be regarded as a definitive statement about the world.</p>
<p>The author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) famously wrote:</p>
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<p>“<strong>The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.</strong