Scientific Progress

[Koen G]

I wouldn't call the Strasbourg connections "theories" though, since I merely posit some connection on the family tree, and the resemblances were strong enough to gain acceptance. If I'd insist that Diebold Lauber himself created the VM, it would become a theory, and my claims would be greater than what the evidence allows. All I would say now is that there is a connection between these drawings, and that it may be possible to find missing links or other examples that complete the picture.

Note that when I say most theories are unfalsifiable, that is as long as the MS is not solved of course. If we ever reach a sufficient solution, a lot will be falsified, including possibly Torsten's. (Unless he's right, of course).