Science stopper

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A science stopper is a hypothesis that makes no testable or useful predictions and therefore prevents any science from being performed based on that hypothesis. It is usually viewed as a very bad thing and a consequence of poorly formulated ideas that fail to grasp concepts such as falsifiability and methodological naturalism. Common examples include intelligent design and creationism.

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Real science and scientists are unaffected by so-called science stoppers. Although it infuriates proponents of a young earth and so-called intelligent design, peer review journals, universities, and institutions that fund scientific research pay no attention to crackpot pseudoscientific theories. In fact, science is a highly conservative activity that has a very high bar for the acceptance, or even notice, of new hypotheses and theories.

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