It is if you do it in a way that's reproducible, and if the methods used are based on already-known science. It wouldn't be scientific if there's only one machi

It is if you do it in a way that's reproducible, and if the methods used are based on already-known science. It wouldn't be scientific if there's only one machine in the entire world that can get the desired effect and nobody can figure out why, or if one of the steps involves praying to Cthulhu.