Next thing you know, people will be trying to tell us that there are particles smaller than atoms!
Um, there are?
No, there aren't, but some upstart is always poking around with new theories...
Well, that was the common thought in the 19th century...
Now we know that the particles are made up of particles.
So, didn't they exist before we had proof of them, of course they did, we just didn't believe it.