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For years, the simulation hypothesis was regarded as untestable, confined to the realms of philosophy and speculative fiction.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025

And unlike simply attacking an opponent’s record or making a campaign promise, such alternative realities enjoy the benefit of being untestable.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Unimpressed, Koch confronted Chalmers at a cocktail reception and denounced his information hypothesis as untestable and hence pointless.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

Although an infinite number of untestable universes seems unscientific to some, many physicists today view the theory as important.

From Nature • Mar. 26, 2018

Special creation is not a viable alternative scientific theory because it is not a scientific theory, since it relies on an untestable explanation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013