Science begins with hypotheses that then have consequences that might be investigated.
Physics is still called "natural philosophy" at Oxford - might be good if it was always called that, as science was born out of philosophy. ;-)
Some really venomous battles took place in medieval Europe's universities between natural philosophers and theologians.
one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condemnations_of_1210%E2%80%931277
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Agreed, and this is not to take a stab at @blurtyield as Woo Woo most definitely is out there! It's just that too people look to science as the final arbiter in life, and it should not be that way. It's almost as if people no longer understand what a hypotheses is; as if science either knows ,or it goes in the Woo Woo wastebasket!
I did not know this about physics at Oxford, nor would I have ever imagined it! It's funny to think that when Einstein was trying to go beyond 3D, he would have been considered Woo Woo! AND... when he finally did get beyond 3D, into 4D, he considered the other physicists of his time that were considering 5D and 6D... you guessed it, they were in the Woo Woo camp according to Big Al! 🤣
Venomous, and for many lethal! Yet, I'm not sure if we are any more civilized today, as real debate is no longer welcomed in modern official science. 🥺