Randolf comments on No Logical Positivist I - Less Wrong
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I don't think I understand.. If it isn't possible to ever verify the existence of these aliens, what does it matter that they could have seen the spaceship? Essentially, how does it help that some being A could verify a phenomenon if I can't ever verify that this is indeed the case?
It doesn't help you at all. It just means that verificationsts would and should not call it meaningless. It is unverifiable for you but not for science as a whole.