# Are Untestable Statements Necessarily "Bad Science"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-untestable-statements-necessarily-bad-science/9400>\
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**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-untestable-statements-necessarily-bad-science/9400 "2020-01-25T23:12:03Z")\
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> [@glipsnort](#):
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> Well, okay, but what does that have to do with whether the statement was bad science or not?

If it’s untestable, it’s bad science.

“It’s not a scientific claim” is not a good excuse for making untestable claims. Are we to now say that you can just respond “Okay so my claim is untestable, _but at least it’s not bad science._”?

C’mon.

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