They are irrefutable because they are untestable, which is unscientific.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do fantasy stories undermine rationality in children?] Reference

What about his statistics, or ideas are seen as "untestable"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

"Researchers discover how to conduct first test of 'untestable' string theory.".    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | Programmes | Newsnight | World Edition] Reference

Non-scientists will not understand the charge that Intelligent Design is "untestable" or that ID doesn't make predictions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

You've created an untestable theory about Clinton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: Obama Campaign Wants To "Shut This Race Down"] Reference

It makes claims that are untestable scientifically.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Now, one might argue that the truth may be untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Please Tell Me What “God” Means] Reference

Strip it of its untestable assumptions and get about the business!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dawkins on the OOL] Reference

That's precisely what makes one testable and the other untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accusations Grounded in Sinking Sand] Reference

That none of my peeps believe untestable theories constitute science.    From Wordnik.com.  [November 25th, 2005] Reference

Thus traditional aesthetic theories are untestable by their very nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cognitive Science of Art: Goals and Motivations of Neuroaesthetics] Reference

The article used "supernatural" in the sense of an untestable explanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Approaches Determine Outcomes] Reference

And of course it is true that untestable theories may have heuristic value.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of fear]

Suppose for example, that at first we thought some proposal was untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Please Tell Me What “God” Means] Reference

Claims about the afterlife or the spiritual realm are, after all, untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Christian Belief Through The Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 6 of 6] Reference

But incomprehensible means unpredictable, and unpredictable means untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [A long, boring post on everybody's favorite topic] Reference

(This projected boost is based on untested -- and untestable -- academic theory.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tax Cut: Whose Is Bigger?] Reference

Can the failure of OOL research be traced directly to its untestable assumptions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dawkins on the OOL] Reference

Multiverse is an outgrowth of String Theory, but is still untestable at this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Scientist] Reference

A lot of the protests–and responses–that I see are discussing untestable issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Wall Of China Fallacy] Reference

OOL research is not a science because the basic assumptions that guide it are untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dawkins on the OOL] Reference

It is untestable and unfalsifiable, therefore failing the definition of the word 'theory.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Wilhelm: Intelligent Design Is an Empty Sack, So Why Do We Have to Repeat This?] Reference

We have seen that it is unclear that the conclusion of the fine tuning argument is untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atheism and Agnosticism] Reference

You write: "Multiverse is an outgrowth of String Theory, but is still untestable at this time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Scientist] Reference

They all involve essentially untestable propositions, usually focused on historical comparisons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Teitelman: Debating the existence of the Federal Reserve] Reference

Not likely, because philosophers like concepts that are untestable and they don't like uncertainty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science and Philosophy] Reference

Another hypothesis (untestable) is that my trust fund may have had something to do with complacency.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

Secondly, if supernatural means are accomodated as possible explanations, it makes the hypothesis untestable.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Of course, not all of the truth is untestable, and it makes no sense to give up now and stop looking for testable answers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Please Tell Me What “God” Means] Reference

As for Many Worlds and other interpretations my main problem with these ideas is that they are fundamentally untestable IMO.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dark, Misleading Force] Reference

The idea that language might shape thought was for a long time considered untestable at best and more often simply crazy and wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in Translation] Reference

It is the domination of the public realm by the private and untestable conviction that is truly repugnant, not the conviction itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The state of religion] Reference

If it is chock full of supernatural assumptions and completely untestable (even in principle), then, yes, his positions is anti-science.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Tis the Season for Tenure Flaps] Reference

A spell for the removal of blemishes proved untestable when he discovered that neither Karanissa nor himself had any blemishes to remove.    From Wordnik.com.  [With a Single Spell]