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Old 14-07-2003, 05:13 PM
Mike Ruskai
 
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Default Do Theories Have to be Testable to be Scientific?

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

Al Klein wrote in message . ..

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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?


Depends on what you mean by "testable". For a theory to be scientific, it
must at least be falsifiable. Whether that's the same as "testable" or
not is mostly a matter of semantics.


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