First off, at the level of hypothesis, one can never be sure.

We thought most of our other hypotheses were less likely.

Some aspects of the hypothesis are based on earlier studies.

Answer: I believe you are correct in the first part of your hypothesis.

Let's try to figure out some other predictions of your hypothesis.

However, a weaker form of the first hypothesis can still be considered.

That's why some people at the time criticized me, because I had made a lot of hypotheses.

A number of hypotheses have been advanced to explain these issues.

The production of new hypotheses is another possible and equally important result.

In looking for some test of their hypothesis, scientists have tried two approaches.