unfalsifiable
adjective
un·fal·si·fi·able
ˌən-ˌfȯl-sə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 
: not capable of being proved false
unfalsifiable hypotheses
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Abbas rejecting an American president at one of his lowest points can fit into the larger argument only if pressure and force of any kind and from any source all become equivalent, making the book’s central theory unfalsifiable.
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Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2017
Facts come and go as people find convenient at the moment, making arguments unfalsifiable and intellectual progress impossible.
—Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
By offering all-encompassing, unfalsifiable explanations for major events and dividing the world neatly into friends and enemies, conspiracies allowed gun sellers to avoid grappling with the converging crises of 2020 as members of a small-d democratic public.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
Allen’s success will not only give scouts and coaches further leeway to indulge their arm fetish, but the many negatives on his college scouting report will create an unfalsifiable argument in favor of every prospect who throws crisp 40-yard spirals to receivers 30 yards away.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
An unfalsifiable theory is just not science.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2015
In my view, this kind of post-hoc explanation for negative findings is unfalsifiable and not very helpful.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015
Bearing similar importance is the seamless access and security that comes from having a single, unfalsifiable profile that can represent an individual across any centralized or decentralized service.
—Sandy Carter, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
The problem with this entire discussion—including the experts’ breezy dismissals—is that the presence or absence of sentience is by definition unprovable, unfalsifiable, unknowable.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 24 July 2022
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Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2017
Facts come and go as people find convenient at the moment, making arguments unfalsifiable and intellectual progress impossible.
—Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
By offering all-encompassing, unfalsifiable explanations for major events and dividing the world neatly into friends and enemies, conspiracies allowed gun sellers to avoid grappling with the converging crises of 2020 as members of a small-d democratic public.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
Allen’s success will not only give scouts and coaches further leeway to indulge their arm fetish, but the many negatives on his college scouting report will create an unfalsifiable argument in favor of every prospect who throws crisp 40-yard spirals to receivers 30 yards away.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
An unfalsifiable theory is just not science.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2015
In my view, this kind of post-hoc explanation for negative findings is unfalsifiable and not very helpful.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015
Bearing similar importance is the seamless access and security that comes from having a single, unfalsifiable profile that can represent an individual across any centralized or decentralized service.
—Sandy Carter, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
The problem with this entire discussion—including the experts’ breezy dismissals—is that the presence or absence of sentience is by definition unprovable, unfalsifiable, unknowable.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 24 July 2022
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