The importance of making testable predictions: A cautionary tale

• Emma S. Choi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Erik Saberski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-6187

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• Tom Lorimer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Cameron Smith,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Unduwap Kandage-don,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6857-6549

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• Ronald S. Burton,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• George Sugihara

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gsugihara@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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