Unfalsifiable vs. Verified

[Unesh52]

This is a question about science. I'm hoping to become a physicist, so I'd better start figuring this shit out. I'm posting here because I really just want a quick answer.

One of the fundamental things a hypothesis must be to be considered scientific is falsifiable. But this idea does not seem to preclude the thing being verified. I can't think of anything unfalsifiable that is verified, but could there be such a thing?

Of course, I'm only talking about something being unfalsifiable in principle, not in practice. Russel's teapot is practically unfalsifiable, but if we actually found a teapot, it would be verified.

I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but I keep forgetting to ask this. Can something unfalsifiable in principle conceivably be verified?

 

[Aurgelmir]

I do not really agree that Russel's Teapot is an Unfalsifiable theory. I mean we just need to set up a satellite telescope to look for it... EDIT: Well I know he claims it is to small to be seen... but that means its so small that it could no longer be a tea pot based on todays Science

In that sense I do not believe there are many things that can be considered Unfalsifiable. Sure there are things like God and other "Imaginary Constructs" which are based on belief rather than facts. Fut Factual Science has very little Unfalsifiable things in it, and if something is it is most likely just because our technology isn't good enough to verify or falsify it (With respects to Russel's Teapot).

At the same time you can ask: But can you 100% Verify something? And I would say no. The annology of the Black Swan is good to explain it:

My hypothesis is that all Swans are white, because I have only ever seen white swans. Ergo I have "verified" that all swans must be white. Then one day I see a Black swan! my hypothesis is now falsified due to this. And I make a new Hypothesis saying "Swans are either White OR black"
Bug how long will that hold true? might there actually be brown swans?

So you see the Hypothesis are falsifiable, but it is hard to verify it unless you look at every single swan in the world.

So to sum up, very few things are unfalsifiable. And anything that require belief to be known/understood, is not considered Scientific.