(February 20, 2014 at 1:01 am)snowtracks Wrote: many scientist believe that not all scientific theories are empirically provable so they use scientific instrumentalism method that advance a cohesive theory that accounts for the phenomena. an example would be the string theory which posit an extra 6 dimensions which is not observable or testable.
And string theory won't be confirmed until it actually has evidence supporting it besides 'the math works and it doesn't contradict previous observation'. Theoretical physicists tend to flatter their models by calling them theories prematurely, IMHO.