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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

An untestable hypothesis is not science. Science is ideas and hypothesis that have undergone the scientific method. Until then it's just a thought experiment.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yep. If it's not testable, it's not science.

    I was watching some dumb video where a Christian "scientist" was trying to "prove" that god was the best scientific explanation because it could not be wrong. Which is exactly why explaining things with god isn't science.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    So The Big Bang isn't science?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Depends on what you mean by "The Big bang". If you're talking about a seemingly spontaneous explosion of matter ~14 bya, then no, that's not science. That's like saying that the sun, or dirt, or a hurricane is science. Forming a hypothesis that all matter can be traced back to a single expansive event, then observing movement of celestial bodies, measuring those movements with redshift and seeing if that data is in-line with your hypothesis... That's science.

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