Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation.
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The great strength of the Standard Model is that it is falsifiable.
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Scientific theories are falsifiable and modifiable in the light of new evidence.
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Most ACs had come right out and declared such a find impossible; it was the sole falsifiable prediction of their hypothesis.
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Many climate sceptics worry climate science cannot be dubbed scientific as it is not falsifiable (as in Popper's demarcation criterion).
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Sir, - Mr Ciaran Lawton states (May 17th) that the Darwinian Theory of Evolution is not a scientific theory because it is not falsifiable.
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Sir, - Further to your science correspondent's article (May 6th) I should say that Darwinism is not scientific theory but hypothesis as it isn't falsifiable.