A Si Fi watchmaker.

[Brian37]

Which SciFi made the claim "you don't have to test it, just claim it"?

All of them, obviously. Just thinking about it proves it. That's why we need to ban non-scientific thought altogether.

WILL YOU PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK stop fucking accusing me of wanting to ban anything.

Nobody gets a pass does not equate to never make any claim at all.

There still is a right way of getting to proof and a wrong way. None of those scientists you like will ever say "you don't have to prove it".

Again, you want me to give si fi a pass and no credible scientist would ever say that.

Si fi is ONE source where people feel inspired, but humans get their ideas from EVERYTHING. Si fi does not get a pass. It can make whatever depictions it wants, but it should not be given a pass.

If merely depicting something made it true, then religion should get a pass too. Make whatever claims you want fine, but you still have nothing until you put it through testing.