Scientists, like mechanics, are in the business of finding testable explanations for specific phenomena in reality, an explanation you can not test, that is compatible with any situation regardless of the facts, is a useless explanation. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
But to the degree to which The Public asking what, from a purely scientific viewpoint, might be Unreasonable Questions regarding time frames and attributions of specific phenomena, the standard Bag of Tricks seems strained. (realclimate.org)
Still, global searches could have some utility, he concedes, as long as they do not distract researchers from searches targeted at specific phenomena, adding that he is «not convinced that one would be able to use such a search for an early discovery at the LHC.» (scientificamerican.com)