Not all hypotheses are testable. One must avoid hypotheses that are phrased in a fashion that is too open-ended. Which of the following hypotheses appears to be MOST amenable to scientific test?
A) Bad things come in threes.
B) An important figure will die in the coming year, maybe some time in the month of May or June or even maybe July, but it could be another month.
C) If one Oscar-winning actor dies, two more will die in that same month, followed by two months during which no Oscar-winning actors die.
D) Men will sometimes ask women for dates after they have consumed some number of alcoholic beverages.

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C is the most amenable to scientific test because it presents a specific, observable pattern that can be measured and verified against actual events.

Not All Hypotheses Are Testable