A hypothesis formed when insufficient data exist to find a solution to a problem or an answer to a question.

It is then used more or less successfully to solve problems.

It is essential to remember that a given hypothesis has been developed only as a working one, and to adjust it as soon as more data becomes available.

When it is forgotten that a given hypothesis was only a working one, it often tends to turn into a dogma.

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