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'Tunneling Into Multiverses' or "Where's Waldo?"
Here is another example of the type of papers that are popping up at
arxiv.org like psychedelic mushrooms. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...912.4082v1.pdf There are no testable predictions identifiable in this paper, and it is hard to imagine how the entire line of research could lead to definitive testable scientific predictions. I can imagine there being pseudo-predictions that might satisfy the true believers, but I will bet that I can show that these "predictions" decisively fail one or more of the criteria for definitive scientific predictions. Take a look at this paper. I think speculation is fine as long as there is truth in advertising and it is clearly identified as speculation. The question then becomes: how much untestable speculation do we allow before science becomes saturated with it in an unhealthy manner that drowns out good testable science, and in the long run causes the public to lose faith in the rigor of science. Robert L. Oldershaw www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw |
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