BIG LIST: Statements that look obviously false but cannot be disproved
$$P = NP$$
is unlikely but still possible.
To explain it to a child, you could ask if it's easier to:
- check the definition of a word in a wordbook
- or find a word in the wordbook given its definition
It seems obvious that the former is easier than the latter, $P = NP$ would mean that both are equally easy.
My personal favorite :
The number $$2\uparrow 2\uparrow 2\uparrow 2+3\uparrow 3\uparrow 3\uparrow 3$$ is a prime number.
Since this number is very large (it has $3\ 638\ 334\ 640\ 025$ digits), it is very likely composite. However, according to Enzo Creti's calculation, there is no prime factor below $10^{12}$, so the number might be prime.
Outside mathematics I would vote for the statement : "God exists" and on the second place : "Our universe is not the only one"
To coin another mathematical statement :
Goldbach's conjecture is false
This is almost surely false , but as long Goldbach's conjecture is not proven, it cannot be ruled out.
The continuum is $\aleph_{37}$.