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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by akvadrako on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:53AM (#25999910)
It's not unexplainable if there is an explanation, obviously.

"For some reason" is not a theory and it makes no testable predictions.

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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:55PM (#26004228)
> if there is an explanation, obviously

One with the same evidence as "god did it."

> is not a theory and it makes no testable predictions.

This is true of the multiverse too. It is an attempt to explain why things are like they are rather than a testable theory.

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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by akvadrako on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:13PM (#26007623)
> This is true of the multiverse too.

Okay, this is just going in circles. Up above you accepted that multiverse theories did make testable predictions. And they do, which is what makes them science.

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Re:The cosmological constant is physics’ most embarrassing p... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:24PM (#26007784)
No, I did not. A theory may have includes the idea that the multiverse caused whatever it predicted, but that is not based on anything except the authors fantasy. It is exactly the same as arbitrarily saying god caused something in a theory, an unobserved event we can say has whatever impact on this universe we want without any proof.

edit let's use a concrete example. This thread is about the cosmological constant. I could easily say that concept is causes by multiverse influence on this universe, just as rightly I could say it's god's finger on the scales. Neither now have experimental data because I can say that.

further edit sorry, this is a bit stuck in my head. Look here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse

Notice that it is labeled a hypothesis, and the theories that involve evidence predict a multiverse may be possible with these conditions.

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