What makes science different from other ways of thinking is that all the ideas are subject to experimental test.
And it had been noted that no experimental test of this was known.
"It would be something if we could figure out some kind of experimental test to see which one fits," he said.
In future, some new technique might lead to an experimental test and the speculation would then become part of accepted science.
The experimental tests available at this point of the epidemic, however, are not precise enough.
But it could be wrong - and we really do not have much prospect of experimental tests for several centuries at least.
Experimental tests are one of the more popular ways to determine the heat sink thermal performance.
Clinical trials provide a chance to try experimental tests and treatments.
The new experimental test can frequently, though not always, detect the infection soon after birth.
This implication has been subjected to a variety of experimental tests.