This always felt like the reverse of Pascal and his wager where you believed because you couldn't disprove it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

Karl Popper also happened to be the teacher of George Soros and a big influence on him. His most widely read book is The Open Society and Its Enemies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Society_and_Its_Enemi...