>>And note that this is physics, where there's already a vast investment in equipment, and thousands of very qualified people who can check a theory in a relatively short time (few years).
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>The most important prediction of general relativity is the existence of gravitational waves. So far, no one has figured out how to detect them. In other words, we don't yet know if they are real or not.

OTher things were checked - how many new types of particles were predicted (or pre-calculated to exist), and were detected within a few years, at the cost of just money and labor?

And then, how long did it take to prove that übermensch theory leads to disasters? Or that slavery is not a viable economic theory? Or that the "supply-side economy" doesn't "trickle-down" as expected?

>>Drink little, drink well. I'm down to a dozen beers a year, and maybe the equivalent of two other drinks of choice. But then, when I do drink, it's a pleasure. Have a good one or two!
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>:-) For some reason "one or two" becomes to "twenty-one or twenty-two" after I've had "one or two."

If you don't know how to skip the first twenty... and go right to those two good ones (#21 and #22)... maybe you can try backwards, start with #22, take #21 and then enjoy without bothering with the other 20?