Well, I withdraw my criticism, as I misinterpreted your meaning of scientific. However, I’ve rarely heard the term ‘scientific’ used in the context in which you used it.
While I’m not certain whether it’s even possible to debate over whether a transaction has occurred (it seems fairly axiomatic to me), I do have to wonder whether one can use the term scientific in a non-transactional, and thus non-measurable, context.
