Acceptability is predicated on accountability and accountability is evidence based. To deny the existence of a reality until proven, however, would mean the denial of chiropractic care to millions of patients. After all, the bumble bee does fly. Fractionation vs. homogenization. Yes there is much in chiropractic for which hope is more prevalent than proof.
Faith fills the void created by the absence of evidence.
This kind of faith and hope inspires not only enthusiasm but imagination and creativity and the development of new knowledge. The stimulus for theory development, posturing a paradigm, and hypothesis testing, is faith. Without this kind of faith there would be no desire to seek evidence. New concepts and creative ideas are moored in the rocky shoals of distrust and ignorance. The focus of thought becomes centripetal, not centrifugal.