“The hierarchy of the question is not a big deal. ”
I agree it isnt a big deal. And square I did not mean to imply that you were trying to refute chazal and I did not mean to apply the Rambam i quoted to you. I see how my comment could be interpreted that way. I’m sorry for not being clearer.
I do think though that it isnt good to confuse taful and ikkur. to elevate an idea found in recent sources to being “all what Judaism stands” and a “core belief” isnt a healthy practice.
That is all I meant, IF you want to delve into said idea further and understand how chazaka fits with it, I get that (regardless of whcih direction the question is posed) all I meant was that between the two concepts namely chazaka and hischadshus haolam, if any is a “core belief” chazaka is the one that is more grounded in our tradiotional sources. (Again not that they both can be)