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To: C19fan

If a hypothesis cannot be tested, it is not Science


4 posted on 02/27/2020 6:42:35 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about humanity)
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To: HangnJudge; A Navy Vet; C19fan; thoughtomator

Patience Oh faithful ones! We merely stand at the mouth of the cave of the oracle, and when the priests decide, they will come out and tell us what we must believe.


9 posted on 02/27/2020 7:20:14 AM PST by BDParrish ( Please correct me! I never learned anything from anybody who already agreed with me.)
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To: HangnJudge
"If a hypothesis cannot be tested, it is not Science"

No, a theory must be testable, but formal theories don't just appear wholly intact from nothing. Lot's of ideas are played with and examined. That is science too.

47 posted on 02/27/2020 9:35:38 AM PST by mlo
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