Hypothetically Hypothetical

What does hypothetical mean?

Webster's definition; “involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis”. 

Since hypothetical describes an outcome which is based on certain conditions, that indicates the hypothesis is only true in the scenario where the conditions of the content are true. This is where the term “hypothetical scenario” comes from, as it’s a scenario where the hypothesis is stated to only be true, assuming the conditions are true. 

Conditions which are required to cause a certain hypothesized outcome, are basically a type of context. Context is basically a way to specify an outline of any factors relevant to cause an outcome, as I further explained in my 2nd last post; Context of Context. In the case of a hypothetical scenario, the outcome (or hypothesis) is based on a certain context. The specific factors involved which cause the hypothesized outcome, are the context. 

When a scenario is being described as “hypothetical”, since it is insinuating that the outcome is only true under the circumstances of specific context, the outcome itself does not necessarily have to exist or be true in current circumstances. The outcome could possibly be true, or could be true at another time or location, but it could also never be true. It all depends on the circumstances of context. Regardless of whether the outcome itself is true, an overall hypothetical statement can still be correct, as long as the stated context would cause the hypothesized outcome. It’s like a hypothesized equation: context = outcome. Either side of the equation does not need to currently exist, but the context must cause the effect of the hypothesis, for it to be correct. 

Something which is conditional is similar to hypothetical, since they are both an insinuation that only under certain context an outcome will occur. A conditional statement is different from a hypothetical statement, because it only includes scenarios where the factors of context are assumed to exist. A statement seems to only be considered conditional, if the context is plausible to occur based on current knowledge. Whereas a hypothetical statement can include context involving a combination of factors which do not exist. The defining element of a hypothetical statement seems to be that the combination of factors which make the context, have not been proven or observed (based on current knowledge). The lack of proof of the context causing the outcome, is why it involves a hypothesis. 

Something which is hypothetical seems to be an outcome which is assumed to be true, if context which is unproven would occur, based on known causes and effects. Since that which is “proven”, is indistinct (as I further explained in a post from 12 days ago; Proven Fact), potentially any knowledge could be considered not proven, so in a way, anything could be Hypothetically Hypothetical.