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Full Idea
We do have reason to think that there are ineffable facts, and that these facts are systematically hidden from us.
Gist of Idea
There are probably ineffable facts, systematically hidden from us
Source
Thomas Hofweber (Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics [2016], 10.2.4)
Book Ref
Hofweber,Thomas: 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics' [OUP 2018], p.263
A Reaction
[Hofweber's Ch.10 is a lengthy and interesting discussion of ineffable facts] Things which are very very small, or very very remote in space seem obvious candidates. The most obvious candidates are tiny detail about the remote past.