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Scientific method: Defend the integrity of physics

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Attempts to exempt speculative theories of the Universe from experimental verification undermine science, argue George Ellis and Joe Silk.

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  1. George Ellis is professor emeritus of applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.,

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  2. Joe Silk is professor of physics at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, France, and at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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