(December 30, 2019 at 10:25 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: *Sigh*
Why, yes indeed. We can never test the predictions of the various sciences who's time spans of 'workings' or 'development' span aeons.
Oh, wait. Yes we can. It's call "Geology" and why we can successfuly drill for things like oil, gas, coal and other minerals.
Not at work.
Even in Geology, you have theories, not laws. The theory of tectonic plates, for instance, is considered to still need empirical support with the help of modern geographical equipments.
Geology is entirely different, you have earthquakes, volcanos and various other natural phenomena which are observable and measurable - maybe replicable in the future? - and serve as experiments to understand better what's below us, can I say the same about a hypothetical LUCA existing billions of years ago? No.