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The simple reason why people disagree with the theory is because that it doesn't make sense, or that it's just not logical.

Hence why it is dismissed.

When comparing to reality, time travel is illogical, magic is illogical, etc. Not to mention that the game / contradictory books mention nothing of relationships between Rinoa and Ultimecia. This is a Final Fantasy game. Fantasy world can lead to infinite possibilities! In VIII, there's no strong evidence that R is not U.

If a theory cannot be proven to be false, then it cannot be proven to be true.

That's not how it works... AT ALL. If a hypothesis cannot be supported empirically, it is disregrded. If it is falsified, it is dismissed or revised.

That still doesn't explain how/why players sense a bit of R=U when playing VIII. A lot of players have sensed this... and of course they deny it in the end because it's silly and embarrassing! They apply common sense and logic to VIII too much...

But that logic contradicts the fact that this game has a lot of hints leading to R=U.

No, it does not.

Explain why the book mentions something about the lifespans of sorceresses? Was it to hint that R cannot be U? If so, then it's still a contradiction because there are certain things in VIII that are pointing at R=U. It's not the first time that Ultimania has contradicted something.

Why do people think that the U-Guide's statement (about life-span) automatically rejects the whole theory,

Because it makes the only for it to come about patently impossible.

Time travel is impossible in real life, and yet it is possible in VIII. The VIII world has many more possibilities and less limitations than our real world.... so why not?

not to mention thier interviews, e-mails or newspapers columns include no mention of rejecting or confirming the R=U theory.

Because they don't need to deny it, the same way they don't need to defy a Sephiroth/Barret relationship or explicitly affirm C/T in FF7.

Well, yeah. But if a lot of people have noticed a piece of R=U while playing VIII, then it's just more than Sephiroth/Barret or C/T...

Also, just because the number of R=/=U supporters outweighs the number of R=U supporters doesn't mean that the theory automatically becomes dismissed!

This is true, but entirely irrelevant. There are more R=U detractors than supporters because there is blatantly nothing TO the hypothesis.

It's relevant! For example... #1 person and #2 person:

#1 - Hey, I just started playing VIII...
#2 - Lucky you!
#1 - And I was wondering... Is it true that Rinoa becomes Ultimecia in the future!?
#2 - Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible! Not true.
#1 - Oh ok, thanks!

Then that #1 probably will tell his friends or new players whenever they ask such a question...

Rinse and repeat!

There's this FAQ on GameFAQS that discusses about R=U by Sir B, of course. But there are too many lazy players and I doubt they will read the FAQ since it's a pretty huge white paper...