"Larry Barnes" <[log in to unmask]> wrote

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> B.>But yes, to be a scientific theory, it must be testable. If it's
not
> testable, it's not science.

>    1.)not so, in the early 20th century you would be labeled crazy for
> talking about sending man to the moon.
>       they had no means of testing this theory then, so I guess it
wasn't
> science at that time. (hogwash)!

This is in incorrect intrepretation of the term "testable".  It is not
necessary that you be able to test it now, just that it be *capable* of
being tested - even if it takes a very long time to achieve that
capability.  If you can think of a way to test it, it is testable; even
if you can't accomplish that test at the moment.

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