the epistemology rests on how you construct the question, and the underlying logic.
"Does life exist anywhere besides earth" is a very different question than "does life exist outside these 100 planets". Because they are different questions, the relevancy of data and hypotheses are different.
"Does life exist anywhere besides earth" is a very different question than "does life exist outside these 100 planets". Because they are different questions, the relevancy of data and hypotheses are different.