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Have you seen the data? Have you tested it? Or are you merely taking the word of people who have? Have you ever met, or talked to any of the 50 or so people who have ever witnessed element 111?
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No, but I can determine from the situation surrounding the element that it probably exists; a large part of it has to do with credibility. Like I mentioned in my last post, agencies of science who have gathered and preserved useful information analyzed the element and insist that it exists. Also, new elements are discovered / created from time to time and are used in machines and medicines instrumental to humans, so why should I doubt it in this instance? It is the same type of agencies that discovered that element which insist this information is authentic. I have no reason to doubt them.
Different story with religion. There is plenty of reason to doubt there.