The postulate from which the bulk of scientific research springs, i.e. materialism, is nothing more than a hypothesis, and perhaps a completely incorrect one. Starting from the premise that all observable phenomena derive from matter could simply be starting from a false premise, since there is no proof for it. So, in the sense that the term is applied, scientific research is almost always based on an anti-scientific premise—something that is, admittedly, necessary, but which should be reason enough for the most fanatical to be filled with that humility that no longer seems to guide them.