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An interesting thread... I shall toss in my twopence!
First, as was mentioned a few posts above, logic dictates that we never have certainty over things. Even the "laws" of physics can be broken under the right laboratory experiment. Very little, if anything, is ever assured in life.
Secondly, remember that the universe is far bigger than us. While I agree that humans cannot generally predict future events with any amount of success other than what sheer luck brings them, I also believe that certain larger events escape our grasp because we are mortal, and shortly so. How many generations does it take for lessons to be forgotten?
Also, keep in mind that your average person today is not nearly as tuned in to the natural (and probably spiritual) world around them as people were hundreds or thousands of years ago. Back in the day, that's all there was. You had to understand the land you farmed, the sea you sailed, the heavens you prayed to as best you could. Today our beliefs are fickle and often unfounded. A healthy dose (if there is such a thing) of wikipedia does not a knowledgeable person make.
So, in the end, never say never, anything is possible, and trying to state you are 100% certain one way or the other makes you a gambler or a fool and nothing more.
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