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		paulpauper on Dec 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 20 Years Later >The scientist saw BS, he called BS, and then 20 years later, the field he criticized turned out to be mostly BS. I don't think it is possible to make such a determination yet.

zepto on Dec 29, 2020 | [–]

What would need to change in order to make such a determination?

Koshkin on Dec 30, 2020 | | [–]

The name.

gfodor on Dec 29, 2020 | [–]

Some things are un-falsifiable due to logic, some are un-falsifiable due to the limits of technology. String theory may just be the latter, but all un-falsifiable theories have the same problem.

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