Falsifiable
To be considered scientific, a hypothesis must be "falsifiable", i.e., capable of being proven false. If no one, not even the supporters of the hypothesis, can think of a way the hypothesis might be proven false, then most scientists would agree that it is not part of science (see pseudoscience). However, the history of science is full of examples whereby supporters of various theories refused to consider the prospect that someone might prove them wrong. thre5thnjyruju6e For example, the suggestion that I would be very happy if I were ten ytmotions that things would be better if only [fill-in-the-blank] are not falsifiable, and thus not worth thinking about.yje, speculation, falsification;" That is, we observe the universe, we develop a speculative hypothesis about the universe, and we terg4htwgd to ask questions, as shown below:
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