Quote Originally Posted by flatlander_48 View Post
Careful with "theoretically". That can leave the impression that it isn't real and only exists as a theory. We are real flesh and bone people with a myriad of identities and that takes it 'way beyond the theoretical.
It can, if you don't use the scientific definition of theory. I'm sure you exist, you are a fact, or at least I presume you are despite the internet sitting between us. There are theories about precisely what and why you are, all of them with evidence to support that they could be correct (that's what allows them to be theories). I have hypotheses of my own, which I try to test to see if they might be reasonable theories.

Theories are not trivial. The "why" of gravity is still just a theory. We operate a global GPS network on a theory. MY identity is entirely based on theory - it happens to fall under theories that are more widely accepted at this point, but they are no more "proven".