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0 pointsmichaelmrose5y ago0 comments

Why is it outside of the scientific method? Speculate based on the other things we know about the universe, devise way of test theory, rinse repeat.

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By definition, you can propose theories that are untestable. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/

You would need to prove all theories that describe the beginning of life on earth will be untestable.

Sure, I’m alluding more towards, for example, the existence of hydrogen itself versus the beginning of life on earth which comes much later.

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0 pointsmichaelmrose5y ago0 comments

Why is it outside of the scientific method? Speculate based on the other things we know about the universe, devise way of test theory, rinse repeat.

By definition, you can propose theories that are untestable. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/

You would need to prove all theories that describe the beginning of life on earth will be untestable.

Sure, I’m alluding more towards, for example, the existence of hydrogen itself versus the beginning of life on earth which comes much later.

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