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> There's a moment at which every scientific theory is only thought credulous by a single person. Agreed, but the same is also true of any conspiracy theory or
by everdev 8y ago
> There's a moment at which every scientific theory is only thought credulous by a single person.
Agreed, but the same is also true of any conspiracy theory or half-baked idea. The theory should be evaluated on it's merits, not the number of supporters. And theories that can be tested are always better than ones that can't IMO.
- mrpgraae 8y agoThe thing about conspiracy theories is that they are usually not falsifiable, at least not to their proponents. As jboggan mentions, this theory is both falsifiable and testable in practice. I think it's important that there are always a few people in science who go against the mainstream, as long as they do actual science, so falsifiable and testable theories.