Wikileaks says Wednesday is the End for Hillary.

[xorcist at sigaint.org]

> On 10/05/2016 06:37 AM, xorcist at sigaint.org wrote:
>
> "'conjecture' or 'hypothesis', both of which connote apparently true but
> not self-evident statements."
>
> That's what you get for using dictionaries.
>
> English language dictionaries also conflate "Want" with "Need".
>
> Apparently that 'disease... that dumbing down of the English language,
> has spread to technical dictionaries as well. No wonder modern
> industrial output is half-baked shiny-and-soon-to-the-trashheap junk.
>
> Conjecture or Hypothesis ALWAY MEANT the person making the statement
> believes it so. "Conjecture" is quaintly referred to on the intertubz as
> "IMHO". Hypothesis would have SOME facts to back it... Usually
> single-sided to suit the hypothesizer] awaiting it's 'graduation' to
> 'theory, where it's tested against other facts.
>

Please re-read the definitions.

Yes, the person making the statement believes it to be true (i.e.
apparently true, but not self-evident).

One makes a hypothesis, and then tests it by experiment in order to
establish it - but it is not self-evident.

And note that the word 'connote' is in there, as well.