Do You Believe Anything Is Possible?

[Almighty Colin]

Vick, what would constitute "verifiable proof" for you?

If we build a mathematical model of the Universe that depends on say 10 dimensions and that model predicts we will find particles at such and such a specific energy and then we build a very energetic particle collider and find a particle at exactly that energy, would that constitute verifiable proof?

General Relativity was "verified" in such a way. The theory made predictions regarding the position of a star during an eclipse that differed from what one would expect using classical mechanics. Thereafter the model was thought to be superior to classical mechanics.

Anyway, this is where we are in physics. Trying to deduce the nature of the universe not through some sort of direct observation ("Look, a 5th dimension!") but rather through deduction, prediction, and observation of that prediction.