But these are pretty much the only really testable subjects in a very strict sense.

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Something which offers a testable claim about how resources are running out.

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Would you like to see them publish a few testable hypotheses that actually stand up to scrutiny?

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But, as the X Prize Foundation may soon discover, coming up with a clear, testable and useful challenge in, say, education is tricky.

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