On 13 Jul 2003 20:43:01 -0700, (Richard Alexander)
wrote:

Al Klein wrote in message . ..

[snip]

The definition of "scientific" doesn't include "testable".

I think we should at least settle this question; Can an hypothesis,
theory, principle, claim or statement be scientific if it is not
testable?

In what way would you consider something not testable as scientific?
Maybe you could given some specific example, rather than play with
broad generalities. "testable" is a rather broad idea in science.

bob