Parameter estimation on its own isn't real science. Hypothesis should be statements about reality, like that a given material is a superconductor. With enough

Parameter estimation on its own isn't real science. Hypothesis should be statements about reality, like that a given material is a superconductor. With enough lawyering, one can argue that statements around whether model #53sa7r describes a phenomenon accurately qualify as hypothesis. But the success or failure of such hypothesis rarely make for interesting papers to anyone but statisticians. And they don't often contribute to the human ability to reason about reality, build new things or predict the future. Like econometric models that never forecast with accuracy >10 years in advance.