Until it is proven experimentally, every scientific theory is just based on belief. Even relativity had to go through this phase. That doesn't mean that theoretical speculation is 'unscientific'. Each individual step in 'doing science' by itself is not the whole of science, but that doesn't make them unscientific.
The key is that we distinguish between theories that have experimental evidence and proven predictive power and ones that don't yet have that distinction. Until last year the theoretical framework for the existence of the Higgs Boson could reasonably have been described as 'under-researched'.
I do of course completely agree that those fluid dynamics experiments don't count as experimental evidence.
The key is that we distinguish between theories that have experimental evidence and proven predictive power and ones that don't yet have that distinction. Until last year the theoretical framework for the existence of the Higgs Boson could reasonably have been described as 'under-researched'.
I do of course completely agree that those fluid dynamics experiments don't count as experimental evidence.