@maxdancona,
The definition for valid testing is not scientific but philosophical in nature.
There is no ultimate test for tests as for all we know we could be living in a simulated reality. No way of testing it from the inside.
I agree Science should stick to pragmatical stuff, like building planes, washing machines, or pharmaceuticals, which it does well, and stop any claims to truth. When it tries that it falls flat on the floor!
I spend a great deal of my free time taking notice of the latests scientific developments but I am well aware what constitutes science and what claims to be science but it is not! Nonetheless I want to make clear that my position on this topic has nothing to do with discrediting Science!