The epistemological position that justification in science never comes to a final resting point—there are always further reasons, deeper causes, more fundamental theories. You explain a phenomenon with a law, but what justifies the law? A theory, but what justifies the theory? A paradigm, but what justifies the paradigm? Infinitism holds that this regress isn't vicious but productive: science advances not by reaching foundations but by pushing the infinite regress further back, finding ever deeper questions behind answers. The goal isn't a final stop—it's an infinite journey with progressively better views.
"You keep asking 'why' to every explanation I give. Scientific Infinitism says that's not annoying—that's the whole point. We don't need a final answer; we need an infinite chain of increasingly interesting questions. Keep asking why forever. That's science."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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