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The way scientists "can't know" is qualitatively different then how historians can't know. I think technology is a huge example of this. We understand the cause and effect qualities of transistors, wire and spun glass enough for us to have this conversation. I am not saying historians can not make arguments I am saying that their assertions are largely un-testable. (pending fixing the tardis). There is a difference between using calculus to predict the motions of the planets and saying that Europe is powerful because it is wide. Am I wrong?