Tack, I think with so much weird shit we see and postulate as far as cosmology, astro physics and atomic theory, I think it's fair to say that nothing is assumed about anything.
The quantum world alone is contradictory to "our" natural universe to start with, so I don't imagine any scientist worrying too much about natural/supernatural definitions when everything they hypothesize is beyond batshit crazy, beyond God, beyond anything I can imagine. Basically, The scientific method shouldn't and doesn't assume anything in case any underlying premise is false and they're just wasting their time
The quantum world alone is contradictory to "our" natural universe to start with, so I don't imagine any scientist worrying too much about natural/supernatural definitions when everything they hypothesize is beyond batshit crazy, beyond God, beyond anything I can imagine. Basically, The scientific method shouldn't and doesn't assume anything in case any underlying premise is false and they're just wasting their time
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